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Evarist Bartolo questions how Prime Minister will take difficult decisions when he is much weaker

Former minister Evarist Bartolo has asked how Prime Minister Robert Abela take difficult decisions when he is much weaker now than when he won the 2022 general election. The results of the MEP...

latest comment from Rachel Borg, 12/06/2024 13:08: He forgot about Gozo, where it went from a tunnel to a bridge to a landing strip and ended up with that wreck, the Nikolaus and some fast ferry that in mainly targeted to tourists.
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Europe’s far right won ground in the EU elections. Can they unite to wield power?

 The next European Parliament will have more hard-right members than ever before, occupying close to a quarter of the 720 seats. But they will have to overcome differences if they want...

latest comment from Daniel Camilleri, 12/06/2024 12:52: timesofmalta . Meloni is a centre right and not a far right. We need a similar politician in Malta maybe be get back on the right track. We miss a centre right party in Malta.
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Rule of law a priority - von Der Leyen to Casa

During the first meeting of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, the EPP candidate for the Commission Presidency Ursula von der Leyen assured that among the priorities for the next five years...

latest comment from David Borg, 12/06/2024 13:16: f'malta ir-rule of law ma teziztix. Gudikanti kontra sidien ta' proprjetajiet ta' qabel 1995 jaraw kif idawru kollox kontra is-sidien minkejja li ilhom snin bil-proprjetajiet taghhom misruqa. Komplici mall-gvern.
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Daniel Micallef resigns as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

Daniel Micallef has resigned from his position as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Writing on Facebook, Micallef said that he told his friends he will continue working duringthe period of...

latest comment from Antoine Vella, 12/06/2024 00:57: So, let me take at face value Daniel Micallef's version that he had long planned to leave after the elections. He must have been in a real hurry to go, even before the Local Council votes have been counted. After waiting two years, was it too much to wait a few weeks more? Because, I don't know if Micallef realises it, but his obvious hastiness looks very bad and doesn't seem at all planned. It's a PR embarrassment for the PL and for Robert Abela in person.
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TMID Editorial: The Inclusion Minister who excludes

She will not resign. It’s pointless calling for the resignation of the Inclusion Minister whose words last week were totally against the principle of inclusion she should be pushing forward...

latest comment from Anonimu Malti, 12/06/2024 13:15: Ghandna Prim Ministru li nahseb l aghar Prim Ministru li qatt kellna u din JFPortelli ZGUR m ghandux ghajnuna minnha ghax medjokri u Zero politikament !!
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Robert Abela has ‘learned nothing’ as he blames civil servants for Labour defeat – PN

The Nationalist Party has said that Prime Minister Robert Abela “seems to have learned nothing from the clear message sent by the electorate this past Saturday” after blaming the Labour...

latest comment from mario mifsud, 11/06/2024 20:22: Joseph Muscat's movement was built on deception and the exaggerated majorities obtained over more than a decade that silenced ministers and Labor parliamentarians from expressing themselves critically. Now that the sense of invincibility is disappearing and political responsibility and related crime is being prosecuted, the laws can be respected. A vote of no confidence in Robert Abela should be preseted to the General Conference of the Labour Party for discussion and approval, in view of Abela's repeated support of the former disgraced leader Joseph Muscat.
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Plastic bottles collected by WasteServ in 2023 compared to 2022 decreased by half - Minister

Plastic bottles collected by WasteServ in 2023 decreased by 51% when compared to 2022, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli on Tuesday, as she praised the Beverage Container Refund Scheme as the cause for...

latest comment from Mick Jackson, 12/06/2024 09:42: Why would I stand in front of a machine inserting bottles half of which are refused with the precious minutes of my life ticking away for a few pence? A clever SCAM always was always will be, but blind Maltese can't see this.
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Women candidates at the EP elections: Metsola dominates, the rest lag sorely behind

Sunday’s counting day saw the Nationalist Party’s lead candidate Roberta Metsola smash the previous record for the highest votes ever received by a woman during a European Parliament...

latest comment from Christian S Borg, 11/06/2024 09:40: The usual identity politics garbage. What have female politicians contributed to politics different than their male counterparts? Nothing! Same ideas, same puppetmasters. All Friends of Open Society! Utter drivel.
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The far right made big gains in European elections. What's next, and why does it matter?

For decades, the European Union — which has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy — confined the nationalist far right to the political fringes. With...

latest comment from Solomon Grundy, 11/06/2024 15:35: Far right here, far right there! We are just tired of hearing people using this cliche, hoping that it will scare voters. Indeed it is having a boomerang effect. Meloni was labelled " far right" , now setting the agenda on many issues in Europe. As La Russa rightly said a few weeks ago, " who is fascist nowadays"? Extremely few people
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