What Peter spoke about.

The facts are not right because they are here because nine years later, the principal is not yet in prison. The facts are not right because although we are seeing the scoreboards and the rue of law reports, we are seeing that the Maltese government reduces their rights, not increasing them. The magisterial inquiries a citizen could make to bring justice to our country, you have now set them up. Wh

First of all, I am not supposed to represent the government. To the Maltese people, I represent the Maltese people and I am speaking to them, even for those who want to see a stronger Commission. And perhaps the Commission does not know that the abuso d'ufficio crime is very applicable in Malta because we had a Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's office, obstructing Daphne Caruana Galizia's inq

Mr President, today I don't want to talk about the Labour government. I don't want to talk about how you refuse to implement the Daphne inquiry reforms. For them, Daphne was mistakenly dead. For them, Daphne has died in vain. Today I want to turn to the European Commission and regret to say, the European Commission on corruption in Malta is becoming part of the problem. Is issuing scoreboards and

Ms President, I apologise to the interpreters today, because I will not speak Maltese because all Maltese know what I'm going to say. Dear Vice-President, this is a brilliant document. The problem is that we need this in every Union policy. Do we have an island strategy in ETS? I have not seen it yet. Do we have an island strategy in CBAM? Not yet. Did we have an island strategy when we imposed a

Mr President, colleagues, I asked to speak in this debate on behalf of the young people I meet in Malta. The young people say to me "We have gone through double standards, we are like European hypocrisy." I want the prosperity of the Palestinian people as much as I want the security of the Israelites at home. But the biggest contribution we have to make to both of them is to insist on legality. So

Mr President, in Malta there were those who did not want to talk about Daphne today. He said that this debate was a treason planned with the Leader of the Opposition. Then you see them coming here to defend the indefensible for the false defending Malta, but they are also defending the behaviour of those who want to abuse power. They defended the one who was removing the candles from Daphne's memo

Mr President, thank you to my friends who participated in these negotiations. We started from a very different point of view, but we found the balance. We have found the balance that shows us the way forward. I believe that the European single market is "a means to an end". It is a tool to protect the consumer. It is a tool for the king to be the consumer. Above all, the market is a tool to promot

President, I agree with several points expressed by colleagues here and thank colleague Michalis for the report. It is above all about simplification and working towards European competitiveness. But here I wanted to make an important point on the islands. I come from an island, the island of Malta and Article 174 of the Treaty obliges us all, in the European Union, to pay particular attention to

Mr President, out of respect for the colleagues, I want to address some of the issues that we spoke about here. I think we should ask a question: is there such a thing as too much love in life? Because what I see in the Petitions Committee is that there are some MEPs, some nationalities, who put a lot of effort into putting petitions in front of us to discuss them and give them due attention. And

Mr President, the Committee of Petitions is about giving a voice to citizens. It is the committee of the citizens. Through us, citizens can put pressure on the Commission, on the Member States to make sure that from laws we pass to rights. Because after all, this is what citizens really care about. They do not care about laws; they care about rights reaching them and their families. During the yea

Mr President, Colleagues, the discussion today for me is not on passports. The discussion is about the great frustration of people who see a teethless Europe that takes eleven years to tell the truth. The court said it was obvious. It is not obvious that you must have a genuine link with a country to be a citizen! But did we need 11 years, to see how misleading the Labour government of Joseph Musc

Mrs President! I appreciate that the Commission has kept its word and joins the sense of urgency for us to work on a European law on the availability of medicines. I come from Malta, for us the joint procurement made in COVID was essential and we want to see it become more systematically. We have to deal with stockpiling. Undoubtedly. Imagine, often in Malta medicines out of stock, whereas the sam

Commissioners, Colleagues, Before going into politics, I said that mental health is not a theme of young people. Today I know it is the most important topic. Young people feel their troubles and that of their peers, they know they are vulnerable. I am the father of three teenagers. My children today have challenges that I haven't had. We spent two hours on television, today from the morning until

Ms President, I am delighted to see a European Commission active on the operation of internet giants. But I want to see a more proactive Commission. I noticed that many of us spoke about the risks, but we need to talk more about the opportunities. In Malta we say in politics we have to listen to the two bells. But these algorithms will give you more than you already know, consolidating what you al

Mr President, Commissioner, I greet you. I wish you at the beginning of your mandate the right work and I also wish you to be bolder than before to fight corruption in the countries. I'm talking about everything here. The Maltese people who are seeing the Government steal from public contracts every day: hospitals, phantom works for girlfriends, a power station project in the shadow of Daphne Caru

Ms President, European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, I start by thanking you for your great work. In the past year, only we have had 398 complaints, inquiries from your office. I also thank your staff because we often see people at the forefront, but behind them there are many, in this case, administrator experts. I thank colleagues, as the rapporteur has said, for working very well in the Committee

Dear colleagues, Commissioner Dalli, if I meet a friend on the street who smokes or vies, I advise him to stop. However, as a politician, I have a duty to protect freedom; freedom - unless we have a valid reason to limit it. Our health and that of our children is undoubtedly non-negotiable, but has the Commission done serious enough research to limit vapes and aerosols in spaces even outdoors? I h

Ms President, Daphne for me was a friend. She was a friend of Malta. Her work was a service to democracy. Daphne’s murder is in fact a wound to Malta. The question we need to ask today is how to heal that wound, because the wound is still wide open! Alex Saliba, here, wants us to applaud the Government. Did the Government applaud the sweeping of candles in front of Daphne’s memorial? Do you applau

Colleagues, I believe that we are Europeans not because we were born in this continent. We are Europeans because we believe that our people command governments, not the other way around. But those who think they can control democracy, they can silence those who challenge them. I was elected from Malta. Malta, where Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered due to corruption. He killed her in order to hi