De Marco: ‘Vote for the party who truly believed in the EU’

Rallying the party faithful, PN Deputy Leader Mario de Marco has called on the country to vest their trust in the party who implemented what they had promised, and most of all, for the party who “truly believed in the EU.”

“The European elections are an occasion for the country to vote for the party who has always worked for the EU and not for the party who was against it,” de Marco argued.

De Marco, who was addressing the PN General Council, held that the PN always strived for the country to move forward, claiming that the party “always had a vision” to put Malta’s interests forward.

During its first week of its MEP campaign, the PN, through its leader Simon Busuttil, has insisted that the election are the perfect platform for the country to show the government the “yellow card”, and that it is an opportunity to judge the government’s performance – a performance which according to de Marco has been characterised by several “shortcomings”.

On his part, Chris Said argued that notwithstanding its electoral deficit,  the PN faces an uphill task because of its finances.

“The party does not have the money to equal Labour’s electoral campaign, but we have you, the people. Little by little we are regaining the trust of the electorate,” he underlined.

Meanwhile, Mario de Marco argued that in 14 months into the government’s legislature, Malta has not improved, and taking a swipe at Joseph Muscat’s pledge to make Malta the ‘best in Europe’, de Marco insisted that the government’s performance shows otherwise.

“By Mintoff’s yardstick, that of judging the country by the amount of work, Malta is not better. In addition, when analysing the economy – the motor for any country – Malta has experienced several shortcomings under the Labour government,” he said.

“While Europe weathered the financial storm and the recession, conversely Malta, registering a drop in exports, imports, industrial production. On the other hand, while jobs in the civil sector have increased drastically to cater for the government’s inner circles, unemployment has increased to nearly 8,000,” de Marco argued.