Casa thanks Coleiro Preca for ‘sound advice’ on child guarantee in €88 billion ESF+
“I want to publicly thank her. She knows the subject well and she helped me a great deal in this area, which is, naturally, important to her.”
European Parliament approves digital COVID certificate to restart tourism in July
All EU member states will accept certificates for a year proving vaccination, negative test result or recovery from a COVID infection come 1 July, pending formal adoption at...
€90 billion in EU funds ready for use with green light for Casa’s ESF
The almost €90 billion can now start being used by the 27 Governments of the EU’s Member States through various schemes, for the upcoming seven years
High-level discussions alone are no panacea for EU SMEs’ post-COVID challenges
Maltee MEP Josianne Cutajar says that although the COVID-19 recovery phase is starting, it is still too early to lift the liquidity relief measures that have so far helped SMEs...
Pro-life doctors tell MEPs to vote down ‘abortion right’ report
MEPs to vote on report calling on EU states to give women access to abortion
‘Fix our planning system’, Metsola says in seven-point ‘green manifesto’
Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola posts seven tangible suggestions on reconciling environment with economic growth
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Face-mask scandal is grist to Agius Saliba’s mill after German MEP’s telling-off

German face-mask scandal and American sanctions on Bulgaria give Labour MEP a springboard to hit back at EPP members Monika Holhmeier and Roberta Metsola

German face-mask scandal and American sanctions on Bulgaria...

COVID-19: Maltese more uncertain, frustrated, fearful and lonely than fellow Europeans

46% of Maltese said they were seeing things in the country going the wrong way, slightly more optimistic than their European counterparts at 57%.

46% of Maltese said they were seeing things in the country...

SLAPPs: 'The pressure is on us at the EP to get this right' – Roberta Metsola

Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola acknowledges the pressure is on her as co-rapporteur and on the EP as a whole to deliver on the anticipated upcoming anti-SLAPP...

Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola acknowledges the pressure is on...

Victory for transparency campaigners as MEPs clinch public tax reporting deal on multinationals

The deal struck between European Parliament and Council negotiators sets in place rules that require multinationals and their subsidiaries with annual revenues...

The deal struck between European Parliament and Council...

Labour MEP calls for vaccine certificates at EU and international level

Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar says vaccine certificates are important for countries like Malta who rely heavily on tourism

Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar says vaccine certificates...

Hardline stance from Malta against migration pact

Malta takes hardline stance at EP against new migration pact, says it provides...

Malta takes hardline stance at EP against new migration...

Disorder in the House as Agius Saliba clashes with MEP over EU funds debate

Sparks flew in the Budget Control Committee: watch the moment heated argument between MEP Alex Agius Saliba and the committee’s Chair over the...

Sparks flew in the Budget Control Committee: watch the...

Engerer appointed to EP roles on legal migration, marine protection

Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer has been appointed to two S&D roles of crucial...

Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer has been appointed to two S&D...

MEPs unite in call on Commission, Council to suspend flights over Belarus airspace

Members of the European Parliament call on the European Council and Commission to suspend flights over Belarusian airspace

Members of the European Parliament call on the European...

Maltese MEPs outraged at mid-flight ‘kidnapping’ of critical Belarusian journalist

MEPs accuse Belarus of hijacking and state terrorism by forcing a Ryanair flight into an emergency landing in Minsk after a fictitious bomb threat, arresting a...

MEPs accuse Belarus of hijacking and state terrorism by...

EU-wide summer travel expected by mid-June as MEPs strike COVID certificate deal

The European Parliament has struck a deal with member states for a digital COVID certificate to allow travel throughoutthe EU by mid-June

The European Parliament has struck a deal with member...

Migration: EU offers prayers and money... but no solidarity – Engerer

Informal pushback agreements such as those often between Malta and Libya, have been taken to serious task by MEPs debating in this month’s European...

Informal pushback agreements such as those often between...

EP artificial intelligence legislation must remain human-centric, Cutajar says

MEPs underlined how digital innovation has to be strongly supported and that Parliament must guarantee that the accompanying common legislation endorses...

MEPs underlined how digital innovation has to be strongly...

Outsiders cannot support Israeli policies towards Palestinians - Alfred Sant

Addressing the European Parliament, the Labour MEP stressed that EU policy should be built on an understanding of where the responsibilities lie in the...

Addressing the European Parliament, the Labour MEP stressed...

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