Malta should be proud of its result – German minister
Photo: Simon Borg, DOI
Collaboration between Malta and Germany had increased in and some 50 German manufacturing companies currently operated here, employing some 2,240 employees.
This collaboration increased in the past five years, when 14 German companies set up new operations in Malta, Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany said this afternoon.
Speaking during a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Tonio Borg following bilateral talks, the German minister said that 17 German companies already located in Malta, had, through incentives offered by Malta Enterprise, expanded their operations on the island.
“It is significant for Malta that corporate brand names such as Playmobil, Lufthansa Technik and Deutsche Bank not only opted to invest in Malta, but also decided to expand their operations, despite the current international crisis.”
Dr Hoyer, whose visit succeeds that by German Foreign Affairs Minister Guido Vesterwelle in eight weeks, highlighted the fact that from among EU states, only Germany and Malta achieved growth and successful economic results over the past months.
“A small country like Malta should be proud of such a result, given its limitations due to the size,” he said.
Foreign Minister Tonio Borg said that Germany has supported Malta on a number of political and economic matters over the years.
He thanked Germany for its support in dealing with the influx of refugees over the past years.
Germany, he said, recognised the disproportionate burden being carried by Malta and around 130 refugees have left the country in search of a future in Germany.
During his two-day visit to Malta, Dr Werner Hoyer also met the pro-rRector of the University of Malta and addressed MEDAC students, among others.
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P Bartolo
Nov 3rd 2010, 12:49
Even foreigners realize how Malta managed to successfuly weather the economic and financial storm - everyone except Joseph Muscat
Evarist Saliba
Nov 3rd 2010, 11:25
There is no one more blind than the person who has eyes and refuses to see.
The anti-government ones will surely say that this applies to the German minister, and not to themselves. I am sure that there are many more persons who are capable to look with open eyes and see things for themselves, not through rose-tinted glasses, but nor blinded by destructive political bias.
mariopandolfino
Nov 3rd 2010, 08:31
Is-saghtejn diskors mil kap ta l-oppozizjoni wara il buget gie imxaqqa bil program ta Bondi + .wara feggew konsenturi bid-diskors tal Ministru Germaniz u issa il-lejla kollaz totali bid diskors tal PM Gonzi.
maio gellel
Nov 3rd 2010, 05:42
''''''€98 million paid in interest in first six months'''''' Malta Finance Minister.
"''''Malta should be proud of its result ''''''– German minister.
KANTAHILNA JOHN BUNDI, PLEASE.
Joe Mangion
Nov 2nd 2010, 21:57
Possibli had minnkom ma jghid li il maggoranza tal hamsin kumpanija li semma il Ministru germaniz gew fis-sebghinijiet meta Mintoff kellu l-aqwa relazzjonijiet mal Kancillier Willy Brandt. Jew ahjar ma niftakrux?
A. Vassallo
Nov 2nd 2010, 20:52
@ Jesmond Micallef
Tidher li l-anqas taf ezatt xi trid, tidher li tinsab imhawwad wisq wara l-wirja fqira ta' JM tal-PL. L-ewwel tghidli biex inhallik fil-paci, imbghad wara biss 43 minuta tiktibli omelija shiha, liema omelija kienet, xejn hlief, hawwadni ha nifhmek.
Eh bilhaqq gustuz. Jiena, la jien sabiha l-anqas sabih.
Jesmond Micallef
Nov 3rd 2010, 11:24
Ghall, "Tidher li l-anqas taf ezatt xi trid" - Ghandek ragun.
Minhiex propjeta ta l'edba partit jew gvern particulari. Inhossni kburi hafna li hekk hu. Int propjeta ta partit, jien minhiex.
A. Vassallo
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:53
@ Jesmond Micallef You said that this news item came as a surprise to you. Did the news from BLOOMBERG also came to you as a surprise? HALLUNA trIdu!!!!!
Jesmond Micallef
Nov 2nd 2010, 19:15
I was referring to the visit and not the content, A. Vassallo. Hallini fil paci sabih, jew sabiha !!
Jesmond Micallef
Nov 2nd 2010, 19:58
Haga ohra A. Vassallo, jien ma npoggi lil had fuq pedestal. Sbaljajt meta jien ghamilt hekk. Nirrespetta lil dawk li ghandhom il poter u daqs hekk. Ghax naf li huma nies ta certu kapacita ferm ikbar min tieghi. Izjed u izjed meta jidhlu aspetti tal kobor, kbir u zghir. Ghall min jaf, hemm hafna x'tifhem hawnhekk. Awguri sbieh kemm lil pajjizzi, kolhu kemm hu inkluz il Partit Laburista ghax dak iwettaq xogholu wkoll kif iwettaq xogholhom partiti ohrajn gewwa il Germanja, pero' kif wkoll lil Germanja. Prosit kbira lil Maltin u lil Germanizi kollha.
A.Debono
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:48
Was listening to Joseph Muscat on RTK - the worst performance so far since his election as Party leader not to say that he was innundated by phone calls coming from people asking him to come up with concrete proposals and he failed and failed to come up with one simple concrete solution!
Marisa Cassar
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:42
Joseph if you want to become PM just shut up and say nothing - once you speak you err
Joe Caruana
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:38
Flash News: Right now on a radio station Muscat attacked the Minister and said he spoke in this manner because he is a member of the European Peoples Party of which teh PN is a member...inkredibbli dan Muscat
l fenech
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:29
How is it that for every minister from any country things are all going superb.
Jesmond Micallef
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:29
One thing for sure, this news item came as a surprise to me, as usually high ranking visits are announced much beforehand. Earlier this week,on Sunday, I read that the German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel will also be visiting sometime in January, next year. I hope Dr. Werner Hoyer Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany enjoyed his two day visit on the islands. The Maltese islands have their own history too.
jbusuttil
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:16
What a bad start for the week for Joseph. First a photo copy of last year's budget speech, than Bondi+ estimate of what the defecit would be today if he was Prime Minister, now the comments by the German minister and as Freddy Portelli say's U IL-KBIR GHADU GEJ next Thursday Lawrenci Goznzi's reply to JM budget speech. MAMMA MIA DIK DAQQA.
W. Cauchi
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:14
Jekk il Germanizi lesti jahdmu bhal Maltin ghall inqas minn NOFS IL-PAGA li ghandhom il Germanja ghallura proset tas-success. Jekk il pensjonanti Germanizi lesti biex jejxu bhal Maltin ghall TERZ TAL-PENSJONI li ghandhom fil Germanja, ghallura veru proset tas-success. Sur Hoyer, trid taghmel dawn il-paraguni l'ewwel.
A. Vassallo
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:04
@ j.tonna
Kemm sejjer zbaljat jahasra. Staqsi lil tal-Lufthansa Teknik, lil SR Technic, lil Activis, lill ST MIcroelectronics, lil Smart City u hafna hafna ohrajn.
Hawn Malta mhux cheap labour ghandna imma HADDIEMA specjalizzati u mhux haddiema tal-Korpi tal-Pijunieri, Bahhar u Sewwi ecc. ecc ecc. Dawk kienu cheap labour u bid-drittijiet tal-haddiema kollha michuda lilhom mil-partit tal-haddiema stess(sic)
Haddiema bil-minimum wage hawn biss ftit aktar min tlrtt elef. Dak cheap labour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j.tonna
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:30
il germanizi ghandhom il .min.wage hames darbiet iktar ghlura il maltin li jahdmu mahom ghwn malta mhux cheap labour? ifirhu ghax halewna lura kif ghamlu inglizi
Mark Piscopo
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:31
@all PN bloggers The wages at Lufthansa Technik are very low, and the conditions of work are not that good. My brother works there as a technician and he has a very low wage. Do not be impressed with the Name Lufthansa Technik. The majority of the PN bloggers try to demonize Dr Muscat which in my opinion is a very big mistake. There was no union who criticized Dr Muscat budget speech because it was the TRUTH. Is it true that we the government made a drastic increase in the Fuel, alcohol, Cigarettes, and instead of giving the energy vouchers he deducted these vouchers which amount to 11million a year? Is it True that The government also made a first time buyer suffer most with the drastic increase in MEPA tarrifs followed by a drastic increase in Cement which surely will increase the property prices? Is it true that we had before the budget a drastic increase in the car licences which are increasing every year, Followed by a drastic increase in the gas cylinders? Dr Muscat is telling the truth and thousands of people are suffering.
s.grima
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:03
ghax ma jigix jejx hawn dal ministru bil minimum wage ha naraw!!!!!!!!!
J.Borg
Nov 2nd 2010, 19:31
Jekk int mux kuntent bil minimum wage, Gonzi tana liskejjel bix nikumbatjaw dik il problema. Jew mur attendi training course il ETC hu ituk 25 euros fil gimgha. Andek petrol imhallas hemm allura il course mu ha tiswik xejn.
Ivan Delia
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:00
@ A. Vassallo Your comments make me sick ..... dream on that Joseph Muscat has only few Supporters around him. More then half of the country is supporting this man, he has a vision to build a new country for our children , investing more in our tourism not add more taxes in this industry , better living for all Gozitans people , eliminate the corruption ...etc. But if you want to dream on the words of this German minister .... keep on dreaming all of you !!!!
Derek Axisa
Nov 2nd 2010, 22:00
You must be living on the moon...Who in his right mind would chose an amateur and an ill-prepared one at that, to run a country.
A. Vassallo
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:56
@ jesmond zammit Jekk ghada ser tkun ix-xita, zgur li mhux tort ta' Joseph Muscat. Imma kieku kien Prim MInistru d-dizastru li kien ikollna llum zgur kien ikun it-tort tieghu ghaliex m'ghandu idea ta' xejn. L-anqas biss jibda hdejn il-Prim MInistru Lawrence Gonzi!!!!!!!!! Kif ma tifilhuiex xi haga posittiva. Intom GLOOM & DOOM taraw. ISWED BISS taraw.
Lina Caruana
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:54
Can Labour tell us where was Cyprus when they were in power. Maybe they will realize how much they were ahead then and subtract for the difference.
manuel lia
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:48
DAK CERTIFIKAT EEEEEE.....DAZGUR LI 'WE SHOULD BE PROUD'.....MHUX BILFORS PROUD.....RICESSJONI AGHAR MINN TAN 1929 'IL GREAT DEPRESSION'..U AHNA TAHT IT TMEXXIJA TA LAWRENCE GONZI BQAJNA GHADDEJJIN BIL PROGRESS U BIX XOGHOL..........'MALTA SHOULD BE PROUD' QAL IL MINISTRU TAL IKBAR EKONOMIJA FLEWROPA......MINISTRU TAL GERMANJA DAN TA...MHUX XI SEMMIEGH TAS SUPER ONE....LOL......EZATT MAD DISKORS TA JOSEPH GIET DIN.....DAK DAM SAGHTEJN IMAQDAR U JIKKRITIKA U IL MINISTRU GERMANIZ QALILNA LI MALTA GHANDNA TKUN PROUD.......CERTIFIKAT LIT TMEXXIJA GHAQLIJA TA LAWRENCE GONZI......
jesmond zammit
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:43
kemm hu helu dal pajjiz , dal ministru ezatt wara li speach ta joseph gie mank gie ftit qabel , ezempju wara d diskors ta tonio. bilhaqq ghada xita tord ta joseph muscat ukol.
L. Pace
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:41
The minister is a man who has no interest of becoming Prime Minister of Malta so he speaks clearly. Joseph wants to become Prime Minister so he speaks as he deems necessary for him to win the election.
A. Vassallo
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:37
Lill-"Lejburisti" kollha, lil JM tal-PL u l-ftit li hemm madwaru!!!!!!!! u lil dawk l-imsieken kollha li xebghu jibku biki tal-kukkudrilli. Dr Hoyer highlighted the fact that from among EU states, only Germany and Malta achieved growth and successful economic results over the past months. “A small country like Malta should be proud of such a result, given its limitations due to the size,” he said. SMAJTUHA DIN? L-akbar u l-ahjar certifikat li qatt jista` ikollna gej minn Ministru Germaniz. Il-Germanja hija l-akbar u l-aktar pajjiz b'sahhtu fl-Unjoni Ewropea. Certifikat bhal dan jiswa` mitqlu deheb ghal elf darba.. U intom dejjem qiskom Geremija.
j.tonna
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:47
jigu malta ghax cheap labour mhux ghax gvern tajjeb tiffrhu bix xejn
s.grima
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:08
lijlek b kem gholijilek il paga? ghax lili 1.16 ewro gholijili u kont tad dawl u l ilma lilek donu ma jigikx? tieghi dejem gej il gdid.
J Cassar
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:33
Dear Minister you appreciate the Maltese people more than Joseph Muscat (the Leader of teh Opposition) does ... yesterday when replying to the budget speech he praised Cyprus but not Malta, yes not Malta his own country....he's not patriotic you see!
Paul Muscat
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:29
why doesn't the German minister offer Joseph a familiarization visit in Germany so maybe he convinces himself that he speaks nuts!
Karl Pace
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:27
speak now Joseph!!what a hypocrite!!
A. Mizzi
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:42
Hypocrite? You do not know even the meaning of the word! To assist you , I would say - Hypocrites are those “Maltese Nationals” who embark on international campaigns to smear Malta's name in the international community.
Jennifer Busuttil
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:25
Go tell it to labour Herr Hoyer, they think we are another Zimbabwe!
A. Mizzi
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:25
No "Malta File" when the Labour Party in Opposition. The Labour Party and it's Leaders always upheld good international, financial and economic relations with who ever had Malta's interests at HEART and where never spoilsports or disrupted foreign investment to the island ! http://bezzul.tripod.com/mintoff4.html The final departure of the British troops from Malta marked also the end of financial assistance from that country. Malta depended as of that day, completely on its own efforts for survival and prosperity. The government did its utmost to maintain the steady progress that had been achieved in the previous few years. But a new menace faced the government, this time from within the country itself. In its efforts to win over popular support, the newly elected Nationalist Party leader Dr Eddie Fenech Adami, and his associates, embarked on an international campaign to smear Malta's name in the international community. The infamous Malta File was circulated by the Nationalists through a Maltese man working in the U.S. They mobilised their Demo-Christian allies in Europe convincing them that democracy was being threatened in Malta, and that Mintoff had become a dictator.
Joe Micallef
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:32
Are you referring to the letter to ambassadors about an "illegitimate government"!
Whilst you're at it can you tell all when reference to history stops!
David Buttigieg
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:55
"Europe convincing them that democracy was being threatened in Malta, and that Mintoff had become a dictator. " I didn't need anyone to convince me, I live in Malta and lived through that tyrannical dictatorship under Mintoff and KMB. They even closed down my school!
T.Scerri
Nov 2nd 2010, 18:37
@A.Mizzi They mobilised their Demo-Christian allies in Europe convincing them that democracy was being threatened in Malta, and that Mintoff had become a dictator. You must not hail from the Cottonera area where you couldn't buy a nationalist newspaper, were insulted just for holding a different view,burning of P.N Clubs was the norm,Zejtun was a no go area, free speech was a no no and PBS had a catchy tune...run rabbit run... Where you one of those militant aristocrats who thought that a nice day out was breaking and burning Shops,Courts/Curia/houses or did we live in different universes ? I am not saying that this govt smells of roses,far from it but give me today anyday as i still shudder when I remember the 'good old days'
A. Mizzi
Nov 2nd 2010, 21:31
@T.Scerri
www.maltapolitics.com
…u min iffitxu l’inkwiet (ghax ikollhu interess) jew issibu jew joholqu!
@David Buttigieg
What dictatorship? Maybe you fancy the more polished version of dictatorship , a democracy as defined by Oscar Wilde - “Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” or the state-of-the-art version Gonzpn version of dictatorship - “Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the Finance Minister and his budget for the “chosen” which are more equal than others!.”
Mario Psaila
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:23
this is precisely why joseph muscat is not credible and will not win the next election
A.Vella
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:22
I am no Nationalist hardcore fan, but a message coming from the EU's largest and most influential Member State is something!!!
c. camilleri
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:17
Surely this did not tune well to Joseph's ear.
J. Formosa
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:07
didn't he meet Joseph? What would have he said to the German Minister then? These are people that we should rely on not the opposition leader who in two years time already lost his credibility and just cares about gimmicks
Karl Abela
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:03
Yes, ask Joseph Muscat. He thinks its hell on earth.
Pierre Borg
Nov 2nd 2010, 16:58
Of course we should be proud of our country when you consider the huge problems there are in other countries and here this small island manages to attract investment and create jobs despite the Opposistion which is so destructive and an expert in doom and gloom
D Cassar
Nov 2nd 2010, 16:50
How ironic that foreigners appreciate how much this tiny country of ours managed to achieve despite the economic storm and Joseph Muscat constantly belittles Malta and instead is proud of Cyprus!
A. Mizzi
Nov 2nd 2010, 17:50
Who belittles Malta ?
Joseph Muscat is indicating benchmarks to go by, and aspire to from this truly mediocre approach to the administration of the country!
I can remember who belittled Malta and its strategic importance way back in 1987 .........
Joe Micallef
Nov 2nd 2010, 19:02
A Mizzi So can I! You see, the difference is that nowadays we get someone as a German Minister or a Bloomberg reporter praising us, whilst in those days we got people like Ceauşescu and Kim il-Sung singing our praise! The latter also used us (that is not you) as a benchmark for his civil control weaponry!
Joe Micallef
Nov 2nd 2010, 16:48
Half of Malta is!