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ALFRED SANT TELLS ECON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY IS NOT MOVING

Former Prime Minister and MEP Alfred Sant told the Economic and Monetary Committee of the European Parliament that contrary to what the European Commission is saying, the eurozone economy is not moving ahead. The Maltese MEP said that if one looks at the past four years, one concludes that the European economy is not moving,

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ALFRED SANT VISITS BETLEHEM

Former Prime Minister and MEP Alfred Sant visited the Christmas village at Għajnsielem, Gozo where he was toured around by Frans Cauchi, Għajnsielem mayor, Mr. Frans Ciangura and Luigi Landi, Mayor of Tolfo which for the last years has been reciprocating cultural initiatives with the village of Għajnsielem. Dr. Sant lauded these initiatives which attracted

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‘SMALLER BANKS WITHIN SMALLER ECONOMIES SHOULD NOT BECOME RISK AVERSE’

Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that we need to ensure that smaller banks within the smaller economies operating in the Eurozone do not become more risk averse by inhibiting their exposure to financial services in their national economy, and more importantly when lending to small and medium sized industries, while becoming less competitive. ‘Not

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DIFFERENT PLANS FOR WINDING DOWN FAILED EUROZONE BANKS

Elke König told Maltese MEP Alfred Sant that smaller and less complex banks compared to the big international banks will not be subject to the same plans of a new body which will be responsible for winding down failed Eurozone banks. König was addressing the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament when