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A mockery of a Bill
A Bill tabled last summer which was supposedly aimed to give a legal basis for the appointment of persons of trust was recently shot down by the Standards Commissioner who…
‘Is it time for quotas on foreign workers?’ Finance Minister Clyde Caruana
With foreign workers totalling almost 70,000 which is close to a third of the entire workforce, Finance and Employment Minister Clyde Caruana has floated to idea of introducing quotas to…
‘Time to deliver’ – The Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council
On January 1, 2021, Portugal took over from Germany the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six ; The priorities of the current Portuguese Presidency…
‘I never planned to venture into politics’
Outgoing Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability Oliver Scicluna who relinquished the post to take up a seat as a government MP, confided that he had never planned…
COVID-19 vaccines: EU must respond with unity and solidarity
MEPs expressed broad support for the common EU approach to fighting the pandemic and called for complete transparency regarding contracts and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. In the plenary debate on…
No end in sight for the construction saga
Ten months after the tragic death of Miriam Pace in her Ħamrun residence, the much-awaited construction industry reform is yet to materialise. It was only this week that the recommendations…
The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
The Agreement between the EU and the UK, which came into force on January 1, 2021, sets out preferential arrangements between both parties in areas such as trade in goods…
EU must take leadership to regulate platform economy
The European Union must take leadership to regulate working conditions in the so-called platform economy, such as food delivery services through mobile phone applications to safeguard new forms of precarious…
COVID-19 vaccines: MEPs call for more clarity and transparency
Members of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety quizzed Sandra Gallina, the EU’s lead negotiator on COVID-19 vaccine contracts, on the latest developments regarding contracts, transparency, authorisations,…
Political interference in public health matter which may cost dear
The decision to sack public health consultant Kenneth Grech just days after he advised postponing the re-opening of schools after the Christmas holidays is shocking, worrying, if not shameful. This…