AD was on its way to winning a seat in the European Parliament, chairman and MEP candidate Arnold Cassola said.
Addressing an EP elections campaign activity he said that AD had a very good fighting chance, even more so now that Malta would probably get six seats in the European Parliament.
He said that surveys quoted by The Sunday Times today gave 56 to 57 percent to the PL and 40 percent to the PN.
“This anonymous survey is very difficult to believe. So according to The Sunday Times, all other parties will get just over 3.5 percent,” he asked.
Prof. Cassola said that The Sunday Times failed to report that AD’s share of the vote in scientific polls was increasing.
“The reality is that scientific polls show that AD is on its way to win a seat in the European Parliament. We can do it. Yes we can. Malta needs a third voice in the European Parliament. Pluralism will show that Malta is a serious and modern country.”
Prof. Cassola also referred to statistics about the state of the family that one out of four children were born out of wedlock.
AD wanted to strengthen the family by investing in counselling services, but social reality had to be faced.
“AD will push for a resolution in the EP for divorce to be recognised in Malta so that those who choose can build a new family should they wish to. We will also work for the recognition on pension and inheritance rights for various forms of cohabiting couples.”
MEP candidate Yvonne Ebejer Arqueros spoke of the need of childcare facilities.
She said that schools were closed after 2.30 p.m. With some investment these could be used to provide childcare facilities.
“We must make an effort to reach the Lisbon criteria”, she said.
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If only to get rid the political threats FKNK put on before every election to hold the whole population at ransom for their selfish ends. That in itself would already be a big win for the greens.
Sorry Alan Deidun, is under the PN flag and although he has environmental credentials, he would be roped in by the 'boss' as soon as the first environmental conflict comes up.
The good thing about voting AD is THE FACT, that following any major election, (at the time when promises start to be broken in the most blatant of fashions) one can sit down callmly and say the himself, " It's not my fault. I was no nutty nitwit ! I was not fooled. AD never made impossible promises. "
You can always vote for Alan Deidun. He was the only environmentalist with guts to take the plunge. Mr. Cremona, why don't you try and make the plunge yourself or is it easy being an armchair critic?
There is one an only consistent candidate out of all who has voiced his concerns long before the issue became a national crisis. He was mocked by the media but time proved him right. I'm referring to Mr. Lowell.
Which is a pity, since if we had a green MEP in the European Parliament he would have been influential in ensuring that the PN government would not drive us into the mess we our today. On many counts the Greens have been found to be right and to have had the foresight that is so evidently lacking in the other big parties.
But to hope that the population can see beyond the big parties' propoganda and issues being hyped out of proportion by the far-right is a long shot indeed.
To put more left wingers into power, will make our country worse