Tag: presidency
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ADPD condemns Abela’s proposal to change the European Convention on Human Rights
In a statement released earlier today, the Green Party, ADPD condemned the Prime Minister’s proposal to change the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) when Malta takes up the European Council’s Presidency next May. The Prime Minister made his comments last week to the press following a European Council meeting. The Green Party accused the…
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63 MEPs sign letter to the EU’s institutions requesting Article 7 proceedings against Hungary
63 Members of the European Parliament have signed a letter to the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council to apply Article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union against Hungary. Article 7 which needs the final approval of 4/5 of the EU Member States would suspend Hungary’s voting rights in the…
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Viktor Orban meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow as his first act with the Presidency of the European Union
Hungary has just received the rotating European Union Presidency, and Viktor Orban, Hungary’s President, used this opportunity to visit Moscow and meet with Vladimir Putin. Incumbent President of the European Council Charles Michel warned Viktor Orban that the European Presidency has no mandate to discuss with Putin on Europe’s behalf and reiterated that no discussions…
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On Party Media and Free Markets
As usual, this kind of stuff may not be of great interest to many readers; however, it is something in which we have a direct stake. Lou Bondi is in the news lately, for a report and a speech he made for the President of Malta. He used to be a great journalist until Joseph…
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Helena Dalli is a coward and an opportunist and doesn’t deserve to be President
Helena Dalli is publicly displaying her opportunistic and egomaniacal streak by complaining on the public broadcaster during the President’s inauguration ceremony that it was unfair for her not to be considered for the Presidency because she was part of Joseph Muscat’s cabinet. Her story is one of cowardice and outright opportunism. I was still a…
