Malta, ESB og Evran

Það er þess virði að benda á þessa hérna frétt sem er að finna í Malta Time Online um ESB, evruna og Möltu. Þarna eru atriði sem íslendingar ættu að kynna sér af fullri alvöru og meta hvernig Möltu hefur gengið innan ESB og hvernig það hefur gengið hjá þeim að vera með evruna sem gjaldmiðil.

Í þessari frétt stendur meðal annars þetta hérna.

Malta and the rest of Europe does well to learn from what has happened in Greece. We need to appreciate that growth cannot be taken for granted, nor does it come about by coincidence or without vision, planning and wherever necessary even sacrifice. While various indicators point out to a recovery in Malta as from the second half of the year onwards, we cannot express enough the need to make such statements with utmost caution.

How has Malta managed to move ahead despite all our difficulties that do have an impact on our families? The truth is that we had the courage to make the right decisions at the right time. Such decisions included joining the European Union, becoming part of the Eurozone, and being able to take the bull by the horns on such various issues, not least a number of difficult and sensitive sectors. We have over the past years dismantled monopolies, created new growth areas as with financial services, did not shy away from the challenge of dealing with the impact of higher fuel prices on our utility bills, and attracted foreign investment to see us being able to handle more projects than ever before.

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The Greek lesson