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The difference between conviction and convenience

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Kevin Plumpton

Ten years after the EU membership debate debacle, both political party headquarters fly the European Union flag. Ten years after the EU membership debate debacle, both major political parties claim...

‘I like it... I like it...’

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

If you, as an interested observer, want to enjoy politics, you have to be able to see the amusing side of it; otherwise you are bound to despair. It is no wonder that it was once described as the...

The illusionist

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Kristy Debono

Our Prime Minister has a great talent: he is a master illusionist. Few people have such great talent in this niche activity. His tricks and magic are hard to detect and he would be a great entertainer...

All the way with you

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Joseph Cuschieri

Just a couple of weeks ago I was on my own in either Brussels or Strasbourg, still trying to bring my delegation’s European Parliament business to a proper close while a small section of the...

Hands off the people’s will

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

Should political parties and politicians try to influence the electorate on how it should vote if a referendum on spring hunting takes place? Should the political parties represented in Parliament try...

The curse of domestic violence

Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Mizzi

Every year we hear more and more statistics about escalating domestic violence. Recent reports from nearby Italy tell us that there is a woman killed every three days – a shocking number which...

A future grounded on innovation

Saturday, 10 May 2014, 08:47 Last update: about 13 years ago David Casa

        The European Parliament discusses and debates just about everything, even on issues that the EU has no competence on. The parliamentary Group of the EPP therefore...

EP elections – we have a duty to vote

Friday, 9 May 2014, 08:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Ian Borg

        Campaigning by the candidates who will be contesting the European Parliament elections on May 24 is in full swing. All my candidate colleagues within the Labour...

The best, alas, is yet to come

Friday, 9 May 2014, 08:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        A week after the Great History-Making Two-Cent Handout – or, seven mils, for the nostalgic – Joseph Muscat is still being mocked. The social media are...

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