More European funding

After 18 months of reflection, Maltastar is back with a bang. In the first edition, david vella writes that as a member of the European Union, Malta can do more to benefit from European funds:

As Malta enters its third year as a full member of the European Union, there seems to be an increased conviction that the Maltese can do much more to benefit from European funds. This is one of the issues that emerge from comments made by Malta’s top brass in EU corridors in Malta and Brussels, in reply to maltastar’s questions about the highs and lows of Malta and the EU in the last 12 months. An important development was the European Parliament’s resolution emphasising the EU’s responsibility to share in shouldering Malta’s immigration burdens. The finalising of the EU’s Budget for 2007-2013 was hailed as an important step forward, as was the European Parliament’s decision to block the Port Workers’ Directive...