I refer to the Ministry of Resources' reply to my media statement on the fact that the pre-budget document lacks a green perspective.

Note that at no stage did the ministry address the fact that Malta is the fifth highest consumer of energy per unit of economic output with a level 18 per cent above the average for the EU's 27 member states and Malta has the second highest level of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, which are equivalent to 57 per cent more than the EU average.

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