MaltaIndependent 15/02/2014: Five employers’ associations have been brought together by the European
Parliament Office in Malta to produce a “Maltese business manifesto,”
in which they state their expectations from the next European Parliament
legislature and from Malta’s 6 MEPs.
The manifesto, which carries the headline “We’re in business together,”
was launched at a panel discussion this morning, and the associations –
the GRTU, the Malta Business Bureau, the Malta Employers Association,
the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and the Malta Chamber –
were each responsible for one of its five chapters.
They also agreed on three general principles, with the first being an
emphasis on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and
proportionality within the EU, as well as an increased awareness of
Malta’s particular situation as an island country on the periphery of
the EU, which, they point out, restricts Malta’s access to economies of
scale and to...read on.