The 2008 Budget gives a sense of continuity to the 2007 Budget, in which the government is sustaining its policy of strengthening the economy, as well as meeting its EU obligations, columnist Manwel Micallef said....

The 2008 Budget provides a sense of continuity to the government’s policies as well as its intention to converge towards its European objectives, economist Gordon Cordina,...

This was quite a balanced Budget overall, William Portelli, president of the Malta Union of Bank Employees and of the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions, said. ...

SDM expressed great satisfaction that the government had once again given due importance to education in the Budget measures for 2008. As a student organisation...

This budget soothes the people’s minds, Malta Union of Teachers president John Bencini said. “As the president of a trade union concerned with education I am thrilled that the agreement reached between the government ...

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Harry Vassallo said AD was pleased the government had included some of its proposals but it was disappointing that various serious problems were ignored....

This was a good budget as it revised every sector, Forum president Chris Attard said....

This budget, being a pre-election one, was quite positive notwithstanding the fact, that in the past four years, each and every budget was quite harsh, Karmenu Micallef, for the Bakers’ Cooperative, said....

The 2008 Budget is certainly a pre-election budget, especially if one takes into account the Nationalist Party’s four straight defeats in the local council elections and the European Parliament Election, as well as the ...

“As a citizen, I was satisfied with the government’s measures to cut unemployment and the deficit as well as the provision of children’s allowance to everyone,” Paul Pace, president of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses, said....