Press Releases

Economic Committee adopts Edward Scicluna’s report on European statistics

Labour MEP Edward Scicluna’s Report on the Quality Management of European Statistics was approved with an overwhelming majority by the European Parliament´s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.   The report focused on improving the quality of European Statistics by improving the independence of statistical agencies and the quality of upstream data collected especially from government sources. Scicluna, who is Vice-Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee said: "This report could not have come ... [+]

Acta debate taken to University

Acta, the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement was the subject of a well-attended KSU debate at the University. Dr Busuttil said he was positively inclined to Acta because it aimed to strengthen enforcement in the fight against counterfeit and piracy. EU countries including Malta already have strong legislation on these two issues but ... [+]

Birzebbuga tithalla barra minn studju li sar dwar il-livell tal-hsejjes

Il-lokalità ta’ Birzebbuga, li hija milquta minn tniggis ta’ storbju li gej mill-Port Hieles, thalliet barra minn studju li sar dwar il-hsejjes u li l-Gvern Malti baghat lill-Kummissjoni Ewro-pea. Dan intqal ilbierah filghodu waqt konferenza stampa f’Birzebbuga. L-ewroparlamentari Laburista Edward Scicluna, li kien qieghed jindirizza din il-konferenza, qal li din id-decizjoni ... [+]

Edward Scicluna re-elected as economic committee vice-chairman

Labour MEP Edward Scicluna is re-elected as vice-chairman of European economic committee and receives recognition as expert on statistics. Labour MEP Edward Scicluna was re-elected as vice-chairman of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee at the mid-term point of the legislative term. British Liberal MEP Sharon Bowles remains Chairperson ... [+]

Spending cuts will freeze 500 public sector jobs

EU orders for €40 million in cuts will dampen recruitment drive and government programmes. Labour MEP Edward Scicluna has said government will have to wipe off as many as 500 jobs in a recruitment freeze to save millions in spending on the European Commission's orders. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced Friday a ... [+]

Scicluna in ECB meeting with Draghi

Labour MEP Edward Scicluna will form part of a small delegation from the European Parliament for a meeting with the President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi and other council members. The meeting is being held at the ECB in Frankfurt tomorrow. Prof. Scicluna is the vice-president of the Economic ... [+]

Labour Euro MEP Edward Scicluna refutes baseless claim by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi

When addressing the Nationalist Party’s General Council yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. Lawrence Gonzi asked the Leader of the Opposition Dr. Joseph Muscat whether, in order to reduce the debt, he plans to increase taxes as Labour MEP Edward Scicluna has suggested. I strongly refute this claim by the Prime Minister which ... [+]

L-Ewro Parlamentari Laburista Edward Scicluna jichad stqarrija bla bazi tal-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi

Meta indirizza l-Kunsill Generali tal-Partit Nazzjonalista, il-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi staqsa lill-Kap ta’ l-Oppozizzjoni Dr Joseph Muscat jekk, biex inaqqas id-dejn, hux qed jippjana li jzid it-taxxi kif issugerrixxa l-Ewro-Parlamentari Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna. Jiena nichad bil-qawwa kollha din l-istqarrija tal-Prim Ministru li hija ghal kollox bla bazi u l-ghan taghha ... [+]

Scicluna starts work as European statistical governance Rapporteur

Labour MEP Edward Scicluna has been appointed as the European Parliament's Rapporteur on Robust Quality Management of European Statistics. The report by Prof Scicluna, who is Vice-Chairman of the Parliament's Economic committee, will include the Parliament's recommendations on seeking agreement on a quality management framework for EU statistics related to ... [+]

“VAT and the EU Conference” by MIM

Prof. Edward Scicluna was the Guest Speaker invited to make the Concluding Speech for a conference organised by the Malta Institute of Management (MIM) on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Theme of the conference was “VAT and the EU Conference”. Office of Prof. Edward Scicluna issued the following Press Release. Scicluna ... [+]