Tag: Malta foreign affairs
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Go back to school, Varist
These are the words of Enrico Berlinguer, Secretary-General of the Italian Communist Party in 1976: “I don’t want Italy to leave NATO. I feel more secure being a member of it.” You would expect that some people at a certain age know better. For some, it may seem to be the opposite. The below historical…
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Bid farewell to our foreign policy
Under the previous Minister of Foreign Affairs, Evarist Bartolo, the diplomatic corps went on strike in an attempt to halt the proposed political appointments in the diplomatic service. A host of Labour appointees who had no diplomatic experience were also appointed ambassadors. Evarist Bartolo’s performance as Minister of Foreign Affairs was disastrous, which contrasted with…
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Irreparable damage to Malta’s foreign standing
This is truly and indeed a government of records: the highest ever public expenditure, the highest ever public debt, the highest number of alleged corruption cases and none of them prosecuted in court), the dumbest ever prime minister and the dumbest ever ministers. Another record is being created as we speak: the record of the…
