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Shameful resolution
At the time when Moneyval was about to vote regarding Malta’s reforms on money laundering and the rule of law and the European Court of Justice was about to also decide a case instituted by Manwel Delia’s Repubblika, filed by PN lawyers Jason Azzopardi, Karol Aquilina and Therese Comodini Cachia, against the judicial appointments in Malta, PN MEPs David Casa and Roberta Metsola, together with EPP general secretary, Simon Busuttil, were pushing hard for a debate and vote in the European parliament on a resolution against Malta proposed by the EPP.
That shameful EPP resolution was passed by over 600 MEPs voting in its favour while just over 40 voting against and 12 abstained, if I remember correctly. The Labour MEPs stood up for Malta and voted against; the Nationalist MEPs voted in favour.
Common ground for Maltese MEPs as EU moves closer to tax harmonisation
What are Maltese MEPs saying about EU moves towards tax harmonisation?
5 May 2021, 12:03pm
by David Lindsay
All six of Malta’s MEPs – Labour and Nationalist alike – broke ranks with their respective political groups last week when it came down to voting on the prospect of levying a 21% minimum tax on digital-based companies in the EU.
The move, seen as another step toward establishing an across-the-board common corporate tax so dreaded by Malta, was overwhelmingly endorsed by both the Socialists and Democrats, as well as by the European People’s Party.
SLAPPs: European Parliament to receive Commission’s first proposals in ‘coming days’ - Casa
MEPs demand more ‘powers to intervene’ against states with uninvited Europol corruption investigations and funding cuts; European Parliament to get its hands on the Commission’s first anti-SLAPP proposals soon
3 May 2021, 3:02pm
by David Lindsay
European Commission will shortly give MEPs its first proposals for an EU-wide law limiting the use and scope of SLAPPs
The European Commission will be delivering its first batch of proposals for an EU-wide law limiting the use and scope of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), Nationalist MEP David casa said Monday morning.