Malta and the EU

The Eurobarometer report about Malta is the subject of today's editorial of the Independent newspaper. It also featured yesterday on the Malta Business Times. From today's editorial on the Malta Independent:

Some believe that the Maltese are pessimists, complain about anything under the sun and traditionally see the glass half-empty, but judging by the way they responded to questions for the Eurobarometer survey last October, made public last month, it seems that there might be a change in this trend. Of course, considering that the survey questions were put to them four months ago – that is before the budget, before the failure of the social pact negotiations and before the more recent difficulties they had such as the gas shortage – they might respond very differently if another survey had to be held today...

Eurobarometer on the Sunday Times