Plenary and Committee Speeches

Extension of the European statistical programme to 2020

The text we have before us is important because it provides excellent guidelines regarding the collection of data we need to design, implement and evaluate European policy in coming years. There will be enormous needs for consolidation of policies with the probability that deepening of eurozone governance will be attempted. The danger is that consolidation

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Plenary and Committee Speeches

Panama papers follow-up and the rule of law in Malta

Members of this Parliament wishing to criticise the Maltese government, might say that it has adopted policies with which they disagree. Yet under Dr Muscat’s administration the Maltese economy has reached unprecedented rates of growth at the top of the EU league. It is delivering prosperity to all segments of the Maltese population. Reforms have

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Plenary and Committee Speeches

Reflection paper on the deepening of the EMU by 2025

The eurozone still faces two major fundamental problems. Its component parts diverge economically and socially, and divergence is increasing. This allows parts of the system to automatically benefit from the rules of the game, others to lose out. Secondly, the only available mechanism to repair imbalances is internal devaluation. It creates huge social hardship which,

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