Cross-national trade by SMEs
17 November 2014 P-009365-14 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Cross-national trade by SMEs Question(s) 1. Could the Commission provide the latest data regarding cross-national trade carried out within the EU by SMEs, if possible up to the year 2013? 2. On Union level, but also on a
ECON Meeting – Intervention with Draghi – 17.11.2014
Let me start by expressing my admiration for the way by which you have balanced the contradictory political calls on the decisions you needed to take. You took them with determination and clarity. You have no elective political responsibilities, neither national nor European. Yet you are called to take decisions that have huge political repercussions
L-“ISKANDLU” JUNCKER
Il-Kummissjoni Juncker donnha twieldet taħt kewkba ħażina. Lanqas laħqu għaddew ġimagħtejn mit-twaqqif tagħha li ma sabitx ruħha taħt attakk; jew aħjar il-President tagħha. Tant li kellu jsejjaħ konferenza stampa u jippreżenta ruħu quddiem il-Parlament Ewropew biex jagħti spjega personali. Fil-Parlament ħassejt li Jean Claude Juncker kien fuq id-difensiva u attent wisq li ma jagħmilx żbalji.
FIRMS IN LIBYA SHOULD BE SUPPORTED AS THOSE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY GLOBALISATION
Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that firms hit by warlife and terrorist activities in the so-called Arab Spring countries, including Libya, which lost jobs and business, should also be supported in the same way as businesses adversely affected by globalization. It is unfair that the workers of SMEs, which invested in Libya for instance,
