Foreign Ministry in 720 EU meetings since membership

Jason Borg

May 31st 2009, 20:59

So are WE BETTER OFF, after 720 meetings? Nice paid holidays for some.

Franco Farrugia

May 31st 2009, 19:48

Contributors such as Galea, Vella and Fenech do not seem to have any idea what such meetings are about. Or else, it's a case of sour grapes.

Joe Fenech

May 31st 2009, 17:52

And what do they do in some of these meetings?: try to promote Kinnie and Maltese biscuits...

Jimmy Magro

May 31st 2009, 16:46

This is how bureaucracies measure their success. But for the citizens to know the value of these initiatives there must be a cost-benefit analysis or what the PPCD describes as CBA. Although we have the EDRC at the University, there has been no in depth study on the CBA of joining the EU. This in no way means that I am saying that the EU has not been beneficial but the citizens cannot continue to rest on rhetorical political statements.
The EDRC can serve as an independent (sic) body to evaluate the CBA of each Ministry's involvement in the EU process. For example, each Ministry has an EU semi directorate and it would be interesting to learn what each Ministry has benefited from EU membership and whether the funds are being spent on projects that are in line with the National Reform Programme NRP.
Making conferences with rhetoric speeches is surely not the way forward. The NSO and the NAO both have a role to play to get the facts out as defenders of the taxpayers' purse.
After all from these independent audits even the Government can learn whether the real objectives are being reached or not.

D Vella

May 31st 2009, 16:43

and the results are?

lgalea

May 31st 2009, 16:05

AT WHAT COST TO US TAXPAYERS?
GIVE US THE COSTS.