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Xbieha alternattiva ta\u2019 Malta<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Ir-reputazzjoni u l-identit\u00e0 ta\u2019 Malta \u0121ew repetutament m\u017cebil\u0127a mill-Membri Parlamentari Ewropej tal-Oppo\u017cizzjoni matul l-a\u0127\u0127ar snin. Il-MPE Nazzjonalisti daru l-Ewropa bl-g\u0127ajta li Malta hija stat mafju\u017c sabiex itappnu s-su\u010b\u010bess ekonomiku tal-gvern pre\u017centi.\u00a0 Il-qtil tal-blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia (li binha g\u0127andu konnessjonijiet tajba ma\u2019 g\u0127add ta\u2019 \u0121urnalisti barranin) mhux talli wassal g\u0127al infiq ta\u2019 miljuni ta\u2019 Ewro sabiex ji\u0121i solvut, i\u017cda involva wkoll diversi titjiriet ta\u2019 Ministri, politi\u010bi u Membri Parlamentari Ewropej f\u2019konferenzi u programmi televi\u017civi sabiex inaddfu isem Malta.\u00a0 G\u0127alhekk, li jkunu eletti l-a\u0127jar Membri Parlamentari Ewropej, huwa vitali sabiex ire\u0121\u0121g\u0127una lura g\u0127ar-reputazzjoni tajba li Malta kellha qabel ma bdiet din il-kampanja orkestrata kontriha u kritika xejn \u0121ustifikata xprunata minn politika parti\u0121\u0121jana flimkien ma\u2019 g\u0127atx kbir g\u0127all-pubbli\u010bit\u00e0 mhux ta\u2019 \u010berti politi\u010bi u \u0121urnalisti Maltin biss imma wkoll\u00a0 ta\u2019 \u010berti Membri Parlamentari u \u0121urnalisti Ewropej li qed jag\u0127mlu isem g\u0127alihom infushom minn dan l-avveniment xokkanti, li, li kieku mhux g\u0127ar-rabtiet mill-qrib tal-familja Caruana Galizia mal-eks-mexxej tal-oppo\u017cizzjoni Simon Busuttil li tilef postu fl-a\u0127\u0127ar elezzjoni, kieku ftit li xejn kien jag\u0127mel \u0127oss. Simon Busuttil u l-klikka tieg\u0127u llum probabbilment jirrappre\u017centaw il-mod kif ja\u0127sbuha biss madwar 5% tal-popolazzjoni meta wie\u0127ed jikkunsidra illi huma biss fazzjoni tal-oppo\u017cizzjoni li llum tgawdi biss ftit iktar minn 22% tal-appo\u0121\u0121 tal-elettorat.\u00a0 L-impenn ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo b\u0127ala Membru Parlamentari Ewropew ikun li twassal f\u2019diversi lingwi, f\u2019irkejjen differenti tal-Ewropa, il-messa\u0121\u0121 li Malta g\u0127adha wie\u0127ed mill-iktar pajji\u017ci sikuri fid-dinja fejn i\u010b-\u010bittadini igawdu minn libert\u00e0 tal-espressjoni s\u0127i\u0127a.[\/vc_column_text]
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L-Immigrazzjoni, it-terrori\u017cmu u l-Afrika<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Dawn it-tliet punti qeg\u0127din jitqieg\u0127du ta\u0127t l-istess titlu mhux g\u0127ax g\u0127andhom direttament x\u2019jaqsmu flimkien, imma g\u0127aliex l-elettorat ja\u0127seb li huma relatati.\u00a0 Dan qed iqanqal sentiment ta\u2019 razzi\u017cmu kif ukoll xokkijiet sismi\u010bi fis-sistemi politi\u010bi tal-pajji\u017ci kollha Ewropej. L-esperjenza ta\u2019 Lorna fil-Ministeru g\u0127all-Affarijiet Barranin u Promozzjoni tal-Kummer\u010b matul l-a\u0127\u0127ar tliet snin u l-g\u0127arfien wiesa\u2019 tag\u0127ha tal-kontinent Afrikan kif ukoll dak Ewropew jag\u0127mluha l-kandidat ideali sabiex titkellem dwar is-su\u0121\u0121ett.\u00a0 L-istati Ewropej qed i\u0127allu l-immigranti jaqsmu l-Mediterran u wara jer\u0121g\u0127u jaqsmuhom bejniethom.\u00a0 Soluzzjoni b\u0127al din hija biss temporanja.\u00a0 Is-soluzzjoni g\u0127andha tinstab fuq l-art Afrikana nnifisha.\u00a0 G\u0127andha ting\u0127ata aktar g\u0127ajnuna lil stati Afrikani \u0127alli l-Afrikani jibqg\u0127u l-Afrika.\u00a0 U kif jista\u2019 jsir dan?\u00a0 L-ewwelnett, billi nibdlu l-mod kif in\u0127arsu lejn l-Afrika.\u00a0 G\u0127al g\u0127exieren ta\u2019 snin l-Ewropej big\u0127u lill-kontinent tag\u0127hom daqslikieku kien xi \u0121enna tal-art, ming\u0127ajr problemi.\u00a0\u00a0 Min-na\u0127a l-o\u0127ra, il-Punent dejjem wera stampa tal-Afrika b\u0127ala l-kontinent li pprovda biss \u0121u\u0127, nixfa, faqar u ebda \u0127jiel ta\u2019 tama.\u00a0 Dawn i\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 xbihat waslu g\u0127and l-Afrikani nfushom, tant li qed jirriskjaw \u0127ajjithom u j\u0127allu \u0127wejji\u0121hom kollha warajhom bl-idea li fl-Ewropa jsibu \u0127ajja ferm a\u0127jar.\u00a0 Li no\u0127olqu impressjoni \u0121dida tal-Afrika jfisser li d-dinja tal-Punent ti\u017cvela il-progress li sar fl-Afrika lid-dinja.\u00a0 U progress sar.\u00a0 Min-na\u0127a l-o\u0127ra, l-g\u0127ajnuna finanzjarja tal-UE m\u2019g\u0127andhiex ting\u0127ata biss lil pajji\u017ci li huma ma\u0127kumin mill-gwerra imma wkoll lil pajji\u017ci jew bliet li di\u0121\u00e0 kwa\u017ci la\u0127qu livell li j\u0127abbatha ma\u2019 tal-Ewropa.\u00a0 G\u0127andna ng\u0127inu pajji\u017ci sinjuri Afrikani b\u0127all-Afrika t\u2019Isfel u lis-Seychelles sabiex isiru Ewropa fl-Afrika.\u00a0\u00a0 G\u0127andha wkoll ting\u0127ata iktar g\u0127ajnuna lil pajji\u017ci Afrikani li qed jilqg\u0127u fi \u0127danhom u\u0127ud mill-akbar kampijiet tar-refu\u0121jati fid-dinja, b\u0127all-Kenja. Li ng\u0127inu lill-pajji\u017ci Afrikani li sejrin tajjeb jil\u0127qu l-livell Ewropew huwa importanti daqs li nonfqu l-flus sabiex titmewwet il-problema tat-terrori\u017cmu \u0121ewwa s-Somalja.\u00a0 Lorna temmen li g\u0127andna no\u0127olqu iktar konnettivit\u00e0 bl-ajru permezz ta\u2019 Ftehimiet ta\u2019 Servizzi tal-Ajru, li n\u017cidu l-investiment dirett Ewropew fl-Afrika li jag\u0127ti lill-Afrikani salarji u kundizzjonijiet tax-xog\u0127ol Ewropej jew permezz ta\u2019 investimenti u kumpaniji Ewropej jew permezz ta\u2019 investimenti u kumpaniji Afrikani li j\u0127addnu valuri Ewropej sabiex ikunu dawn li jsiru l-kalamit\u00e0 tal-immigranti Afrikani fil-futur.\u00a0 Dawn tal-a\u0127\u0127ar, jistg\u0127u jkunu sempli\u010bement \u017cidiet ma\u2019 salarji Afrikani di\u0121\u00e0 e\u017cistenti sabiex jil\u0127qu salarji Ewropej.\u00a0 Il-flus li llum huma ddedikati sabiex jie\u0127du \u0127sieb l-immigrazzjoni kif ukoll il-protezzjoni tal-fruntieri jistg\u0127u bil-mod il-mod jibdew ji\u0121u ddedikati g\u0127al inizjattivi b\u0127al dawn minflok.\u00a0 L-interess tal-istituzzjonijiet Ewropej fl-Afrika u fl-immigrazzjoni wkoll g\u0127andu b\u017conn jikber, jekk xejn bit-twaqqif ta\u2019 Kumitat fi \u0127dan il-Parlament Ewropew dwar il-Migrazzjoni (li sal-lum lanqas biss je\u017cisti) kif ukoll iktar Delegazzjonijiet tal-PE ddedikati lil pajji\u017ci individwali Afrikani \u2019l isfel mis-Sa\u0127ara, billi s\u2019issa il-PE g\u0127andu biss Delegazzjoni wa\u0127da dwar l-Afrika t\u2019Isfel minn 49 pajji\u017c Afrikan.\n

Mill-banda l-o\u0127ra Lorna hija totalment favur il-\u0127olqien ta\u2019 kurrituri umanitarji fl-Afrika, il-migrazzjoni legali lejn l-Ewropa u boro\u017c ta\u2019 studju ta\u2019 Afrikani ta\u2019 su\u010b\u010bess, kuntratti ta\u2019 xog\u0127ol sta\u0121jonali g\u0127al Afrikani fl-Ewropa, kif ukoll investimenti tal-ener\u0121ija ta\u2019 gvernijiet Ewropej fil-kontinent Afrikan.\u00a0 Fil-verit\u00e0 \u010berti pagi fl-Ewropa mhumiex \u0127afna iktar minn dawk f\u2019\u010berti pajji\u017ci fl-Afrika.\u00a0 Jekk l-Afrikani jsiru jafu b\u2019dan, ma jirriskjawx \u0127ajjithom biex jaslu fl-Ewropa[\/vc_column_text]

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Lejn Unjoni Ewropea \u0127ielsa mit-tallaba u minn nies jorqdu barra<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Minkejja l-fatt illi Malta hija l-pajji\u017c bl-ikbar densit\u00e0 tal-popolazzjoni fl-UE u minkejja t-temp favorevoli tag\u0127ha, Malta hija wkoll l-uniku pajji\u017c illi m\u2019g\u0127andu l-ebda tallaba fit-toroq u l-ebda nies jorqdu barra.\u00a0 Dan kollu huwa ri\u017cultat ta\u2019 le\u0121islazzjoni tal-passat fejn it-tallaba saru illegali kif ukoll l-implimentazzjoni organizzata u effettiva ta\u2019 politika tal-akkomodazzjoni so\u010bjali mill-eks-Prim Ministru so\u010bjalista Dom Mintoff fis-sebg\u0127inijiet.\u00a0 Madankollu, minbarra s-su\u010b\u010bessi ekonomi\u010bi ri\u010benti li attiraw lejn Malta kemm \u0127addiema li \u0121ejjin minn pajji\u017ci sinjuri \u00a0Ewropej tal-Punent kif ukoll gruppi aktar umli ta\u2019 \u0127addiema Afrikani u Asjati\u010bi li huma disposti jg\u0127ixu flimkien ta\u0127t l-istess saqaf fi gruppi, il-kera f\u2019Malta sploda u li l-gvern ila\u0127\u0127aq mad-domanda dejjem tikber ta\u2019 akkomodazzjoni so\u010bjali saret problema reali.\u00a0 Id-djar Maltin huma darbtejn u nofs ikbar mill-medja tad-djar Ewropej skont l-Eurostat tal-2017.\u00a0 L-idea li wie\u0127ed jg\u0127ix mal-\u0127bieb lill-Maltin lanqas biss tg\u0127addilhom minn rashom.\u00a0 Imma, anke min\u0127abba f\u2019hekk, it-theddida ta\u2019 nies li jorqdu fit-toroq qed issir dejjem iktar ur\u0121enti.\u00a0 Lorna temmen li mhux talli Malta se jkollha tissielet sabiex tipprovdi akkomodazzjoni so\u010bjali g\u0127al min l-iktar li g\u0127andu b\u017conn, imma talli Membri Parlamentari Ewropej Maltin g\u0127andhom jo\u0127olqu ir-rieda sabiex anke fl-Unjoni l-problema ta\u2019 nies jorqdu barra tibda titmewwet u tasal fi tmiemha.\u00a0 B\u0127ala Membru Parlamentari Ewropew, l-ikbar \u0127olma Maltija ta\u2019 Lorna tkun li l-Unjoni Ewropea ssir l-ewwel blokk ekonomiku ming\u0127ajr tallaba u ming\u0127ajr nies jorqdu fit-toroq fid-dinja, xi \u0127a\u0121a li ma tantx tidher li ng\u0127atat priorit\u00e0 fuq l-a\u0121enda politika tal-UE sal-lum.\u00a0 B\u0127ala \u010bittadina Maltija, li g\u0127exet \u0127ajjitha kollha f\u2019pajji\u017c ming\u0127ajr tallaba u ming\u0127ajr nies jorqdu fit-toroq, ta\u0127seb li wasal i\u017c-\u017cmien li din il-problema tittie\u0127ed bis-serjet\u00e0.\u00a0 Jekk l-i\u017cg\u0127ar stat bl-aktar nies kull kilometru kwadru rnexxielu jeg\u0127libha, kif stati ferm ikbar m\u2019g\u0127amlux dan?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]
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Kampanji o\u0127ra lokali<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Leave domestiku g\u0127al persuni mhux mi\u017c\u017cew\u0121a u \u0121enituri li jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]\u010aerta ri\u010berka ri\u010benti wriet li persuni adulti li mhux irtirati kif ukoll \u0121enituri li jrabbu lil uliedhom wa\u0127edhom u li joqog\u0127du g\u0127al rashom huma l-aktar \u017cew\u0121 kategoriji ta\u2019 familji li huma f\u2019riskju ta\u2019 faqar. Persuni li jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom bla tfal huma minoranza bla vu\u010bi li normalment huma meqjusa li g\u0127andhom \u0127afna \u0127in g\u0127alihom infushom.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo rri\u010berkat dan is-su\u0121\u0121ett b\u2019entu\u017cja\u017cmu bi preparazzjoni g\u0127all-artikli tag\u0127ha li tippubblika kull \u0121img\u0127a.\u00a0 Irri\u017culta li g\u0127alkemm persuni wa\u0127edhom u koppji huma ttrattati l-istess fejn jid\u0127ol leave<\/em> g\u0127al skopijiet ta\u2019 rikreazzjoni, persuni wa\u0127edhom jibbenifikaw minn nofs il-\u0127in liberu ta\u2019 koppja wara x-xog\u0127ol u jkollhom jie\u0127du \u0127sieb kulma jinqala\u2019 fid-dar wa\u0127edhom. \u00a0F\u2019Malta g\u0127andna 9.6% tal-popolazzjoni (41,476 persuna) li huma persuni adulti li ja\u0127dmu li jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom.\u00a0 G\u0127andna wkoll 17,037 \u0121enitur li jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom (4% o\u0127ra tal-popolazzjoni).\u00a0 Dawn kollha jridu jla\u0127\u0127qu mal-istess manutenzjoni u \u017camma tad-dar u xog\u0127ol ta\u2019 kuljum daqs koppja flimkien.\u00a0 Minnu nnifsu dan iwassal sabiex persuni wa\u0127edhom ju\u017caw il-leave<\/em> kollu g\u0127all-b\u017connijiet domesti\u010bi tag\u0127hom minflok g\u0127all-mistrie\u0127.\u00a0 Iktar minn hekk, persuni wa\u0127edhom huma dipendenti fuq paga wa\u0127da g\u0127all-ispejje\u017c kollha involuti u biex tg\u0127axxaqha mhux l-ewwel darba li l-\u0127lasijiet mitluba g\u0127al servizzi g\u0127al persuna wa\u0127edha huma og\u0127la minn dawk g\u0127al koppja, e.g. fil-ka\u017c tal-lukandi jew taxis.\u00a0 Li wie\u0127ed jittratta lil persuni jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom u li huma responsabbli minn djarhom l-istess b\u0127al koppja li qed taqsam il-leave<\/em> u l-\u0127in liberu mix-xog\u0127ol bejn tnejn sabiex tla\u0127\u0127aq mal-b\u017connijiet ta\u2019 kuljum qed jo\u0127loq in\u0121ustizzja ma\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 klassijiet li huma l-aktar vulnerabbli fis-so\u010bjet\u00e0.\u00a0\u00a0 Bl-introduzzjoni ta\u2019 leave<\/em> domestiku g\u0127al persuni li jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom, bla tfal jew bit-tfal, kemm jekk il-leave<\/em> huwa m\u0127allas jew le, jekk hux im\u0127allas mill-privat jew mill-gvern, jag\u0127ti persuni wa\u0127edhom id-dinjit\u00e0 mist\u0127oqqa.\u00a0 Minn laqg\u0127at spe\u010bjali li kellha Lorna Vassallo ma\u2019 unions tal-\u0127addiema kif ukoll mal-Asso\u010bjazzjoni ta\u2019 Min I\u0127addem matul il-kampanja tag\u0127ha, jidher li l-Asso\u010bjazzjoni ta\u2019 Min I\u0127addem tista\u2019 tikkoopera dwar l-introduzzjoni ta\u2019 leave<\/em> lil \u010bertu setturi tal-impjegati billi tikkunsidrah inqas diffilkultu\u017c minn dak g\u0127all-\u0127addiema kollha bla distinzjoni, mi\u017c\u017cew\u0121a u mhux, f\u2019daqqa.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo temmen ukoll li g\u0127andu ji\u0121i introdott leave<\/em> spe\u010bjali g\u0127al persuni b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 jew persuni li jie\u0127du \u0127siebhom.[\/vc_column_text]
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Lejn Parlament Nazzjonali aktar rappre\u017centattiv u sabbatical g\u0127al nisa fil-politika.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Is-sistema elettorali Maltija hija s-sistema tal-Vot Wa\u0127dieni Trasferibbli (Single Transferable Vote<\/em>) fejn il-votant ikollu lista s\u0127i\u0127a ta\u2019 kandidati sabiex jivvota g\u0127alihom skont il-preferenza.\u00a0 Fil-fehma ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo din hija l-iktar sistema elettorali demokratika fid-dinja.\u00a0 Barraminhekk, medja ta\u2019 93% tal-votanti fil-fatt jivvutaw f\u2019kull elezzjoni \u0121enerali (il-persenta\u0121\u0121 jaqa\u2019 konsiderevolment f\u2019dawk tal-Kunsill u tal-Parlament Ewropew).\u00a0 Minkejja dan, per\u00f2, is-sistema elettorali tag\u0127na hija ferm \u2019il bog\u0127od milli tkun perfetta.\u00a0 L-ewwelnett, skont l-Interparliamentary Union<\/em>, Malta \u0121iet fil-146 post minn iktar minn 190 pajji\u017c jew parlament indipendenti fid-dinja f\u2019\u0120unju 2017, bi 8 deputati nisa biss minn parlament ta\u2019 67 fl-a\u0127\u0127ar elezzjoni \u0121enerali. Problemi o\u0127ra bis-sistema elettorali pre\u017centi hija li kandidati \u0121odda (li qatt ma telg\u0127u qabel) g\u0127andhom \u017cvanta\u0121\u0121 ovvju billi huma biss 20% tas-si\u0121\u0121ijiet li fil-fatt ikunu disponibbli g\u0127al deputati \u0121odda fi kwalunkwe elezzjoni \u0121enerali.\u00a0 Difetti o\u0127ra jo\u0127or\u0121u mill-fatt illi f\u2019\u0127afna mil-le\u0121islaturi madwar 80% tal-persuni eletti bil-voti tag\u0127hom jew bil-wirt g\u0127andhom kunjomhom jibda bl-ittri tal-ewwel nofs tal-alfabett (A-M) min\u0127abba l-fatt illi meta l-votanti jivvutaw bl-addo\u010b\u010b dejjem jivvutaw minn fuq g\u0127al isfel skont l-alfabett sempli\u010bement \u0127alli jkunu imlew il-polza tal-vot.\u00a0 Din, fiha nnifisha, i\u0121\u0121ieg\u0127el kandidati prospettivi b\u2019kunjom \u017cvanta\u0121\u0121ju\u017c milli jikkontestaw g\u0127all-elezzjoni u kellha impatt negattiv g\u0127all-a\u0127\u0127ar fuq ir-ri\u017cultati miksuba minn kandidati nisa validi.\u00a0\u00a0 Fil-bidu tal-karriera politika tag\u0127ha, Lorna kienet kontra l-kwoti favur sezzjoni jew o\u0127ra tas-so\u010bjet\u00e0, inklu\u017ci n-nisa. Per\u00f2 \u0121aladarba saret taf l-affarijiet iktar minn \u0121ewwa, u irrealizzat kemm mezzi finanzjarji u mod ie\u0127or ikollhom ir\u0121iel di\u0121\u00e0 fil-parlament iktar minn xi \u0127add g\u0127adu jibda, illum Lorna hija totalment favur parlament aktar rappre\u017centattiv anke jekk dan je\u0127tie\u0121 diskriminazzjoni po\u017cittiva favur in-nisa u possibilment gruppi o\u0127ra tas-so\u010bjet\u00e0.\u00a0 Hija pproponiet ukoll soluzzjonijiet varji g\u0127all-problema ta\u2019 persuni li huma \u017cvanta\u0121\u0121jati min\u0127abba kunjomhom.\u00a0 Il-PM Muscat jitkellem spiss dwar it-tieni Repubblika u stabilixxa miri \u010bari g\u0127al \u017cieda drammatika ta\u2019 rappre\u017centazzjoni femminili fil-Parlament sal-2020.\u00a0 Lorna tittama li tkun tista\u2019 tikkontribwixxi f\u2019dawn it-tibdiliet elettorali li g\u0127andhom i\u0121ibu bidla kbira fil-Parlament Malti spe\u010bjalment fejn g\u0127andhom x\u2019jaqsmu n-nisa.\u00a0 Meta t\u0127ares lura u mill-esperjenza ta\u2019 matul is-snin, Lorna ta\u0127seb illi l-introduzzjoni ta\u2019 kwota g\u0127al kandidati nisa m\u2019hijiex bi\u017c\u017cejjed sabiex tqanqal il-\u0127e\u0121\u0121a me\u0127tie\u0121a u twassal g\u0127al iktar nisa fil-Parlament fil-\u0121ejjieni.\u00a0 Minflok, hija favur l-introduzzjoni ta\u2019 kwota favur in-nisa fil-Parlament (i.e. kandidati nisa li jikkuntestaw b\u2019su\u010b\u010bess u jkunu eletti mhux sempli\u010bement jikkuntestaw u ma jitilg\u0127ux) kif ukoll favur l-introduzzjoni ta\u2019 sabbatical<\/em> g\u0127al nisa fil-politika i.e. li mara impjegata tibbenifika minn \u0127las tal-paga s\u0127i\u0127a fuq ix-xog\u0127ol meta hi tapplika g\u0127al perjodu ta\u2019 leave<\/em> min\u0127abba politika, bil-perjodu ta\u2019 \u017cmien li tista\u2019 tibbenifika minnu jiddependi minn liema elezzjoni ser to\u0127ro\u0121 g\u0127aliha. \u00a0Lorna ti\u0121\u0121ustifika din il-kon\u010bessjoni tas-sabbatical<\/em> a ba\u017ci tad-differenza bejn il-pagi bejn in-nisa u l-ir\u0121iel li hija statistikament ippruvata, il-fatt li 99%+ tan-nisa ma jgawdux l-appo\u0121\u0121 ta\u2019 ra\u0121el tad-dar (househusband<\/em>) li ma ja\u0127dimx uffi\u010bjalment versus persenta\u0121\u0121 g\u0127oli \u0127afna ta\u2019 r\u0121iel li normalment ikollhom is-sostenn ta\u2019 mara tad-dar li te\u0127dilhom \u0127sieb id-dar u l-familja, kif ukoll il-fatt illi huma n-nisa li fil-fatt jispi\u010b\u010baw jie\u0127du \u0127sieb lil uliedhom u t-tindif minkejja l-avvanz tal-mara u l-ugwaljanza fuq il-karta.\u00a0 Fil-ka\u017c ta\u2019 nisa li ja\u0127dmu g\u0127al rashom, il-\u0127las g\u0127al sabbatical<\/em> ikun jista\u2019 ji\u0121i kkalkulat fuq il-medja ta\u2019 d\u0127ul fuq medda tal-a\u0127\u0127ar snin ri\u010benti, filwaqt li fil-ka\u017c tan-nisa tad-dar, il-\u0127las tas-sabbatical <\/em>jista\u2019 ji\u0121i kkalkulat b\u2019referenza g\u0127all-a\u0127\u0127ar impjieg li kellhom qabel ma abbandunawh sabiex jie\u0127du \u0127sieb il-familja. \u00a0Il-gvern g\u0127andu j\u0127allas is-sabbatical<\/em> billi din hija mi\u017cura politika.[\/vc_column_text]
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Persuni b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Billi Lorna Vassallo soffriet minn di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 g\u0127al sena minn \u0127ajjitha, hija g\u0127andha esperjenza personali ta\u2019 kif il-\u0127ajja ta\u2019 persuna b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 hija \u0127afna iktar g\u0127at-telg\u0127a.\u00a0 Il-gvern pre\u017centi g\u0127amel passi ta\u2019 \u0121gant \u2019il quddiem f\u2019dan il-qasam.\u00a0 L-ewwelnett, gvern Laburista \u0121did ma jwaqqafx il-benefi\u010b\u010bju tad-di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 lil persuni bi b\u017connijiet spe\u010bjali li jsibu xog\u0127ol.\u00a0 It-tieni, li\u0121i antika li kienet tirrikjedi li \u010bertu persenta\u0121\u0121 tal-impjegati jkunu nies b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 fis-settur privat u pubbliku u imma li ma \u0121ietx implimentata g\u0127al g\u0127exieren ta\u2019 snin issa ng\u0127atat il-\u0127ajja bl-impo\u017cizzjoni ta\u2019 multi g\u0127al dawk li ma j\u0127arsuhiex.\u00a0 Gvern Laburista pprovda wkoll akkomodazzjoni fil-kommunit\u00e0 g\u0127al persuni adulti b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 sabiex jibdew jg\u0127ixu \u0127ajja indipendenti jew semi-indipendenti u ji\u0121i assikurat li jkunu kapa\u010bi jg\u0127ixu wa\u0127edhom wara l-mewt tal-\u0121enituri tag\u0127hom li jie\u0127du \u0127siebhom.\u00a0 Lorna temmen ukoll, per\u00f2, li g\u0127ad baqa\u2019 xi jsir sabiex jidda\u0127\u0127lu iktar mi\u017curi favur dawn it-tip ta\u2019 persuni.\u00a0 Hija favur li ji\u0121i pprovdut trasport b\u2019xejn b’mod regulari lejn ix-xog\u0127ol lil persuni b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 mentali wara assessjar minn bord apposta e.g. fil-ka\u017c ta\u2019 persuni li jsofru minn dipressjoni, skizzofrenija, bipolari jew kundizzjonijiet o\u0127ra li jirrendu vja\u0121\u0121ar permezz ta\u2019 karozza tal-linja fi sfida kbira u sewqan jew mixi fit-toroq perikolu\u017c g\u0127al xi ra\u0121uni jew o\u0127ra.\u00a0\u00a0 Hija temmen ukoll li persuni b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 g\u0127andu jkollhom \u2018leave<\/em>\u2019 spe\u010bjali.\u00a0 U partikularment hija favur l-introduzzjoni ta\u2019 rinfurzar ta’ pro\u010beduri legali u penali meta xi \u0127add jinsulta persuna o\u0127ra b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0, mard jew kundizzjoni ta\u2019 sa\u0127\u0127a, anke jekk fuq ba\u017ci individwali, kemm jekk il-persuna tkun fil-fatt b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 jew le, u b\u2019hekk tali insulti ma jibqg\u0127ux isiru la minn \u0121urnalisti jew politi\u010bi u lanqas minn persuni fuq il-medja so\u010bjali.\u00a0 Malta kellha esperjenza qarsa ta\u2019 din il-libert\u00e0 e\u010b\u010bessiva tal-espressjoni meta l-PM Muscat stess \u0121ie muri daqslikieku jsofri mid-\u2018Down\u2019s syndrome\u2019 liema xbieha \u0121iet \u010birkolata fuq il-medja so\u010bjali minn persuni li jappo\u0121\u0121jaw lill-oppo\u017cizzjoni jiem biss qabel l-elezzjoni tal-2017.\u00a0 Politi\u010bi o\u0127ra \u0121ew insultati pubblikament li kellhom tfal b\u2019di\u017cabbilt\u00e0 (ming\u0127ajr ma kien veru) jew g\u0127ax kellhom kan\u010ber.\u00a0 Fil-fehma ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo tali a\u010b\u010bidenti m\u2019g\u0127andhom qatt jer\u0121g\u0127u jse\u0127\u0127u f\u2019isem il-libert\u00e0 tal-espressjoni. Li wie\u0127ed ja\u0127fer f’dawn i\u010b-\u010birkostanzi huwa \u017cball.\u00a0 G\u0127aliex dawn huma insulti li jolqtu wisq nies biex jin\u0127afru.\u00a0 Ma rridux inkunu laxki biex min qieg\u0127ed iwe\u0121\u0121a’ l-qlub jer\u0121a’ jag\u0127mel l-istess.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo hija favur li jin\u0127oloq tim ta’ avukati li ja\u0121ixxu f’isem il-bniedem insultat u jift\u0127u kaw\u017ca minfloku bla flus jew inkella li tali diskors ta’ mibeg\u0127da tinbidel il-li\u0121i u ji\u0121u punibbli ex officio – u cioe’ ming\u0127ajr il-\u0127tie\u0121a li tirrapporta l-persuna insultata.\u00a0 \u00a0Malta hija fuq nett tal-lista tal-UE fejn g\u0127andu x’jaqsam ma’ diskors ta’ mibeg\u0127da. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”English” tab_id=”1537462387682-76d1d580-202d”]
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Alternative Image to Malta<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Malta\u2019s reputation and its identity have repetitively been marred by its own opposition MEPs over the past few years. Nationalist MEPs have toured Europe calling Malta a Mafia-state in order to counterweigh Malta\u2019s economic success.\u00a0 The killing of a local blogger (whose son has good connections with a number of foreign journalists) not only cost the country millions of Euros to be solved but also involved the flying of various Ministers and the involvement of various Government politicians and MEPs to conferences and television programmes abroad to clear Malta\u2019s reputation.\u00a0 Having the right MEPs, fluently speaking in the main European languages, is vital to restore Malta\u2019s reputation to that which it enjoyed prior to the commencement of the orchestrated unjustified criticism fuelled only by partisan politics as well as an insatiable thirst for publicity not only by Maltese politicians and journalists but also by certain foreign MEPs and journalists who are making a name for themselves out of this shocking event. The killing would otherwise wouldn\u2019t have had international publicity were it not for the close connections of the Caruana Galizia family to the defeated ex-leader of the opposition Simon Busuttil. The said Busuttil represents only a faction of the opposition which hardly represents 5% of the Maltese population considering that the whole opposition is supported by only 22% of the electorate.\u00a0 Lorna\u2019s mission as an MEP will be to convey the message of Malta being one of the safest countries in the world in various languages across Europe.[\/vc_column_text]
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Migration, terrorism and Africa<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]These three issues are put together not because they are actually related, but because the electorate thinks they are related.\u00a0 This is causing xenophobia as well as sysmic shocks to the political setup of all European states.\u00a0 Lorna\u2019s experience at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion and her very good knowledge of the African continent as well as the European one for the last 3 years make her the ideal candidate to discuss the matter.\u00a0 European states are letting migrants cross the Mediterranean and then distribute them amongst them.\u00a0 This is but a stop-gap solution.\u00a0 The solution lies in Africa itself. \u00a0Helping African states so that Africans stay in Africa.\u00a0 And how is this to be done?\u00a0 Firstly, by re-branding Africa.\u00a0 For decades Europeans have sold their continent as the be-all and end-all.\u00a0 On the other hand, the western world has always portrayed Africa as the continent of hunger, drought, poverty and hopelessness.\u00a0 These two images have reached Africans themselves so much so that they are risking their lives and abandoning all their belongings thinking that in Europe they will fare much better.\u00a0 Re-branding Africa means that the Western world reveals Africa\u2019s progress to the world.\u00a0 And progress there is.\u00a0 On the other hand, EU aid should not only be directed to the most war-torn countries but the \u2018already almost there\u2019 countries too. Helping South Africa, Seychelles, and the richer states to become a Europe in Africa, creates an actual Europe in Africa. \u00a0More help should also be directed to African states that are hosting the world\u2019s largest refugee camps, like Kenya. Bridging the gap between Europe and the richest African states perhaps is more vital than throwing money at terrorism in Somalia. Creating more connectivity to the African continent through Air Services Agreements, increasing European direct investment in Africa which awards European wages and conditions of work on African soil either through European investments or companies or through African investments or companies embracing European values should become the magnet for future African migrants.\u00a0 The latter could be achieved simply by topping-up already existing African wages to a decent European level.\u00a0 The money which is today dedicated by European states to deal with migration and protecting their boarders could gradually be dedicated to such initiatives instead.\u00a0 The EU institutions\u2019 interest should also be stepped up, if anything with the creation of an EP Committee dedicated to Migration (which does not even exist so far) as well as more EP Delegations dedicated to particular African states, as until now the EP has only got one Delegation for South Africa out of 49 Sub-Saharan African states.\u00a0 On the other hand, Lorna is totally in favour of creating humanitarian corridors in Africa, legal migration to Europe and scholarships to successful Africans for short periods of education, seasonal work contracts for \u00a0Africans in Europe as well as European governments\u2019 investments in energy in the African continent. In reality some European wages are in fact not much higher than those of some African countries.\u00a0 If Africans get to know this, they won\u2019t risk their lives to reach Europe.[\/vc_column_text]
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Beggar-free, homeless-free EU<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Inspite of being the most-densely populated country of the EU and inspite of having friendly weather, Malta is the only EU state devoid of beggars and homeless people. This is all the result of a legislation which makes begging illegal when it comes to beggars and a very organised and effective social housing policy implemented by the socialist-leaning Labour ex-PM Dom Mintoff in the seventies.\u00a0 However, due to Malta\u2019s recent economic success which is attracting wealthy Western European employees as well as more humble groups of African and Asian workers, rents have rocketed and keeping up with the social accomodation demand has become a real problem.\u00a0 Malta\u2019s houses are 2.5 times larger than the EU average according to Eurostat 2017. The idea of living with friends in Malta is almost unknown.\u00a0 But the threat of people sleeping on the street is now ever more visible. Lorna believes that not only has Malta to struggle to provide homes and accomodation to the most needy, but Maltese MEPs should also trigger a wave of tackling homelessness in Europe.\u00a0 As an MEP Lorna\u2019s wildest ambitions would make the EU the first beggar-free and homeless-free continent in the world, something which seems to have never been on anyone\u2019s agenda until now.\u00a0 As a Maltese citizen, having lived in a beggar-free and homeless-free country her whole life she thinks that it is high-time that begging and homelessness be taken seriously in the EU.\u00a0 If the smallest and most densely populated state in the EU has tackled these problems, why haven\u2019t much larger states done so?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]
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Domestic leave for people and single parents living alone<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Certain research has shown that people of working age living alone as well as single parents living alone are the two categories of household most at risk of poverty.\u00a0 They are also a silent minority who are usually perceived as having a lot of time for themselves.\u00a0 Being a single person living alone herself, and knowing what a hard life her single friends lead, Lorna Vassallo has enthusiastically researched the subject in preparation of her weekly articles.\u00a0 It resulted that although single and married persons are treated equally when it comes to vacation leave, single persons benefit from half of the free time of a couple after work and have to deal with all household chores alone. In Malta there is 9.6% of the population (41,476) who are single adults of working age living alone.\u00a0 There are also 17,037 single parents living alone (another 4% of the population).\u00a0 All these have to carry out the same amount of work as a married couple when taking care of their home as well as their daily needs.\u00a0 This inevitably results in single persons living alone using up all their leave for domestic purposes and not for rest. More so, single people have only one income to rely on to pay for all expenses and to make it worse, usually services for single people are more expensive e.g. hotels and taxis. Treating single persons managing their own household on a par with a couple sharing their vacation leave and free time to catch up with their daily needs is creating an injustice to the two most vulnerable categories of society.\u00a0 Introducing special \u2018domestic leave\u2019 for single persons living alone, with or without children, whether paid or unpaid, and whether paid by the government or the private sector, gives single people dignity. From special meetings Lorna had during her campaign both with workers\u2019 unions as well as with the employers\u2019 association, it seems that the employers\u2019 association could be cooperative to introduce such leave as it views the introduction of special leave as easier than introducing across-the-board leave for all workers, married or unmarried, at a go.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo also believes special leave should be introduced for persons with special needs.[\/vc_column_text]
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Towards a more representative national Parliament and a sabbatical for women in politics<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Malta\u2019s electoral system is the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system where \u00a0voters have a list of candidates to vote for according to preference.\u00a0 In Lorna\u2019s opinion, this is the most democratic electoral system in the world.\u00a0 Moreover, an average of 93% of voters actually vote in the general election (the percentage falls considerably when it comes to local council and EP elections).\u00a0 Notwithstanding, the system is far from perfect. To start with, according to the Interparliamentary Union, Malta ranked as 146th out of 190+ countries and independent parliaments in the world in June 2017 having only 8 female MPs out of 67 as of the last general election. Other problems with the present Maltese electoral system is that new candidates (i.e. non-incumbents) are at an obvious disadvantage with only 20% of seats being available at any given election to accomodate newcomers, making it extremely difficult for women who are always beginners.\u00a0 Other flaws of the STV system is that in almost all \u00a0legislatures around 80% of elected candidates have their surnames starting with the first half of the alphabet (A-M) due to the fact that haphazard voting usually results in voters opting to vote from top to bottom of the ballot paper in order to fill in the whole list.\u00a0\u00a0 This is in itself keeping candidates with disadvantageous surnames from running for elections at all and it has severely and directly affected valid female candidates\u2019 performances in past elections. At the beginning of her political career, Lorna Vassallo was against quotas in favour of a section or other of society, including women, however a deeper insight of politics, and a good knowledge of how many more means and money incumbent men in parliament have over a beginner makes Lorna Vassallo today fully in favour of a more representative government even if it requires positive discrimination in favour of women and possibly other groups in society.\u00a0 She also proposed various solutions to even out the alphabetical disadvantage of candidates from the bottom end of the ballot paper.\u00a0 PM Muscat often speaks of the Second Republic and has set goals for a dramatic increase of female representation in parliament by 2020.\u00a0 Lorna hopes to be able to contribute to such electoral changes that should bring about an overhaul in Maltese parliament especially the much-needed change when it comes to women.\u00a0 With hindsight, Lorna thinks that introducing a quota for female candidates falls short of the required impetus required to have more women in Maltese parliament in the future.\u00a0 Instead she is in favour of introducing a female quota in parliament (i.e. successful female candidates not just female candidates) as well as behind introducing a sabbatical for women in politics i.e. allowing employed women to benefit from full pay at their place of work inspite of their political leave, the length of time of the sabbatical leave depending on which elections they run for.\u00a0 Lorna justifies such sabbatical basing herself upon the fact that there is a statistically proven pay-gap between men and women, at least 99%+ of women do not have supporting (otherwise unemployed) house-husbands whereas more male candidates would have a supporting \u00a0(otherwise unemployed) housewife, and the fact that women take on most of the housework and child-caring tasks even if they have husbands and inspite of equal rights between the sexes on paper.\u00a0 In case of self-employed women, the sabbatical pay can be calculated upon average income in the last few years preceding election whereas in case of housewives, with reference to their last job before quitting to take care of the family. Needless to say, in all cases, government should shoulder costs of sabbatical.[\/vc_column_text]
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Persons with disability<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Having been disabled herself for one year of her life, Lorna has first-hand experience of how a person with disability\u2019s life is more of an uphill struggle. The present Maltese government has made big strides forward with regard to persons with disability. For a start, the new Labour government does not stop disability benefits when a person with disability starts working.\u00a0 Secondly, an old law which required the employment of a certain percentage of workers in the private and public sector which hadn\u2019t been implemented has also come to life by the application of fines for those employers who do not comply.\u00a0 The Labour government has also provided free accomodation in the community for adult persons with disability who can live independently or semi-independently so as to ensure their well-being after the demise of their caring parents.\u00a0 Lorna also believes, however, that there is still room for new measures to be introduced in favour of persons with disability.\u00a0 She is in favour of free transport to work even for persons with mental health problems after assessment by a special board e.g. in case of persons suffering of schizofrenia, bipolar, depression or other conditions that make bus trips a big challenge and walking in the street or driving dangerous for some reason or other.\u00a0 She is also for special leave for persons with disability.\u00a0 And particularly she is in favour of the re-inforcement\u00a0 of legal procedures and fines for insulting people with disability or disease, even on an individual basis, whether they are actually disabled or not, so that in this way such insults will cease to be made by journalists, politicians and social media users. Malta has had bad experience of such excessive freedom of expression especially when the PM was portrayed in a meme as suffering of down\u2019s syndrome which was circulated on the social media by supporters of the opposition days before the general election. Other politicians were publicly insulted of having children with special needs (when in fact it was not even true) or ridiculed because they suffered of cancer.\u00a0 In Lorna\u2019s opinion, such incidents should never occur again in the name of freedom of expression.\u00a0 To forgive in such circumstances is a mistake.\u00a0\u00a0 Because such insults cut too deeply into too large a part of our society to be forgiven.\u00a0 We shouldn\u2019t be lax as this will result in the offender offending again. Lorna Vassallo is in favour of setting up a team of lawyers that act voluntarily on behalf of the insulted persons and proceed legally against such offenders or else that the laws change and such hate speech be punishable ex officio<\/em> \u2013 that is, without the need for a report to filed by the victim. \u00a0Malta tops the lists at EU level in hate speech statistics. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tour][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tour][vc_tta_section title=”Maltese” tab_id=”1537462387672-a1983408-5827″][vc_column_text]Ir-reputazzjoni u l-identit\u00e0 ta\u2019 Malta \u0121ew repetutament m\u017cebil\u0127a mill-Membri Parlamentari Ewropej tal-Oppo\u017cizzjoni matul l-a\u0127\u0127ar snin. Il-MPE Nazzjonalisti daru l-Ewropa bl-g\u0127ajta li Malta hija stat mafju\u017c sabiex itappnu s-su\u010b\u010bess ekonomiku tal-gvern pre\u017centi.\u00a0 Il-qtil tal-blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia (li binha g\u0127andu konnessjonijiet tajba ma\u2019 g\u0127add ta\u2019 \u0121urnalisti barranin) mhux talli wassal g\u0127al infiq ta\u2019 miljuni<\/p>\n

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