The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola on Monday met with the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Anġlu Farrugia in the Parliament building in Valletta, an EP statement said.

During a courtesy visit, President Metsola was invited to sign the visitors' book before having an official meeting with Dr. Farrugia in the speaker's office. President Metsola said that the Maltese Parliament and the European Parliament are both home to the Maltese and the Gozitans because in both of them decisions are made intended to improve people's lives.

She invited the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and the Maltese MPs to join her in the European Campaign she is currently doing to encourage more people to vote in the European elections taking place 12 weeks from now, an important democratic process. She encouraged Maltese MPs to take part in meetings organized in Brussels and Strasbourg during which European laws are discussed. In this way, she said, they can contribute with their ideas at an early stage of the discussions on subjects that affect the Maltese and Gozitan people.

Speaker Farrugia thanked President Metsola for the work she is doing at the helm of the European Parliament. He said that he looks forward to the two Parliaments working more closely together for  the strengthening of democracy.