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Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna qal li jinsab fiducjuz li fl-ewwel xhur tas-sena d-dieħla, il-Kummissjoni Ewropea se tkun qed twaqqa l-proċedura li fetħet kontra Malta s-sena li għaddiet dwar defiċit aeof eċċessiv.
Meta kien qiegħed jindirizza laqgħa ta konsultazzjoni pubblika fi pjazza aeof San Ġorġ fil-Belt Valletta, il-Ministru Scicluna aeof qal li d-defiċit niżel taħt il-previżjonijiet tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea kemm matul din is-sena aeof u kemm matul is-sena li għaddiet.
Rigward il-fehma tal-Kummissjoni fuq il-Budget għas-sena d-dieħla, il-Ministru qal li Malta flimkien ma disa pajjiżi oħra m għandhomx problema dwar żbilanċ fl-ekonomija tagħhom. aeof Dan ifisser li kontra dak li qed tgħid l-Oppożizzjoni, m hemm ebda bozoz ħomor jixegħlu għall-ekonomija Maltija , qal Scicluna.
Dwar il-miżuri mħabbra fil-budget, il-Ministru Scicluna qal dan m għadux aktar eżerċizzju ta accountancy. Minflok qal li dan għandu l-għan li jippromwovi ċertu tip ta ħajja fost setturi tas-soċjetà bħal dawk qiegħda, single parents u fuq kollox għandu l-għan li jnaqqas id-dipendenza fuq l-Istat.
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna this morning expressed himself confident that Brussels will drop the excessive aeof deficit procedure for Malta early next year, probably sometime in March or April. Addressing a Budget consultation meeting at St George’s Square in Valletta, Prof. Scicluna said that the deficit has been reduced below the forecasts of the European Commission both this year and in 2013.
He argued that the Commission was still “suspicious” of Malta’s financial plan in the wake of the fact that in 2013 Malta had been placed under the excessive deficit procedure, a few months after it had gone out of such a procedure in November 2012.
Touching on the Commission’s opinion on the Budget, he said that Malta together with nine other countries was declared aeof ‘clean’ in terms of its macro economic imbalance. “This means that no red lights are on for the economy contrary to the Opposition’s claims,” he said.
Commenting on the Budget measures, Prof. Scicluna remarked that this was no longer an accounting exercise. Instead it aimed to promote a certain way of life among sectors aeof of society such as the unemployed, single parents and to reduce dependency on the State.
The chairman of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD), John Bencini, who was present among the audience, urged the government to address concerns on declining exports which had been raised by employers, and the issue of precarious employment which was raised by the unions.
The minister said that this issue of precarious employment aeof was being taken very seriously, but at the same time he warned that the government had to keep an eye on the country’s competitiveness.
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna wants studies to be drafted well ahead of the presentation of the budget, studying the impact of increase in taxes on different industries. Addressing the third edition of the government that listens campaign, Scicluna said the government should not start worrying or face complaints on the negative impact of certain budgetary aeof measures on the eve of a budget or after their implement