Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said today in Brussels that the European Commission has now omitted giving a dateline for the abandonment of the Jean Monnet Building in Luxembourg leased to the EC which houses 1,700 employees, 50 of whom are Maltese nationals, all of whom are directly exposed to the presence of asbestos. The
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that waiting for a unified government to form in Libya before decisive action is taken will contribute to further instabilities and deaths. Dr. Sant said that immigration in the Mediterranean is no longer just a humanitarian emergency. It is also a security crisis which has to
Addressing the European Parliament, former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said that if over €21 billion unspent funds by the EU in 2014 had been managed under provisions that are devolved fully to national government, their absorption rates would have been much higher. Dr. Sant said it is strange to still find that so many billions
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant told a meeting of Socialists and Democrats in Brussels that the humanitarian problem with the crossing of illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe we have been facing for the last years has now developed into a security problem. Dr. Sant emphasised that in the current circumstances all boats should be
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said that the treatment of the European Commission’s employees exposed to asbestos at Jean Monnet Building in Luxembourg is disgraceful. Dr. Sant said that after more than four months, the European Commission has still not replied to a parliamentary question he placed before it, regarding when the 1,700 translators, 50
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that in a Europe which should stand for the welfare of all citizens, there should be no place for state aid rules that seek fairness for big enterprise, and deny support to small and traditional concerns. State aid procedures employed by the European Commission to vet
