Malta's seat at an emergency EU political meeting for health ministers remained vacant because the Labour opposition refused "pairing" for the April 30 parliamentary session. In the national interest (!), in sync with the Labour opposition's whims, Parliamentary Secretary Mario Galea could not leave the island to represent Malta at this high-level meeting. This is Labour's new way of doing politics. All I can say is that it should hang its head in shame.

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