European Movement Malta
A voluntary non-profit non-governmental organization affiliated to the European Movement International based in Brussels
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LETTER TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
Letter sent by the European Movements of Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Malta to the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe
My Tasks in the European Economic and Social Committee
The European Movement Malta invited Dr Von Brockdorff, one of Malta’s five representatives on the EESC to give us a glimpse of his work in that institution…
THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT MALTA
- Established on 10 December 1965
A Brief History
The European Movement Malta (EMM), formerly the Malta Council of the European Movement, was established on 10 December 1965, a year after Malta’s independence and just a few months after it had joined the Council of Europe. In a letter of 3 December 1965, Anthony M. Callus, wrote to Mr D. Walwin Jones, Director of the UK Council of the European Movement, informing him about the first activity of the Malta Council of the European Movement scheduled for Friday 10 December. In this letter, Mr Callus also referred to the assistance that he had received from fellow co-founder Professor Salvino Busuttil, who was later elected the first President of the Malta Council. Mr Callus was also the founder of the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU)…
Chairperson
Professor Roderick Pace
Deputy-Chairperson
Dr. George Vital Zammit
Secretary General
Mr. Mauro Miceli
Honorary member as a former President
Mr. Peter Cassar Torreggiani
EMI-MT Member
Mr. Saviour Grech
The Executive Committee of the European Movement Malta
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the European Movement Malta
Chairperson
Professor Roderick Pace
Deputy-Chairperson
Dr. George Vital Zammit
Secretary General
Mr. Mauro Miceli
Honorary member as a former President
Mr. Peter Cassar Torreggiani
EMI-MT Member
Mr. Saviour Grech
THE VALUES OF EUROPEAN UNION
Our Values
The European Movement (Malta) draws inspiration from the principles of the European
Movement International. It is guided by the European Values inscribed in:
o The Hague Declaration of 1948 and subsequent Declarations adopted from time
to time by the Congress of Europe;
o The European Convention on Human Rights;
o The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
o The Charter of Paris for a New Europe adopted in 1990;
o The aims and objectives of the European Union as found in the Preamble and
other provisions of the founding treaties of the European Union, and particularly
Article 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union…
THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT MALTA
About Malta
The Maltese archipelago consists of three main islands: Malta where the capital Valletta and the main ports and only airport are situated, Gozo and Commino. The estimated total population of Malta and Gozo at the end of 2019 stood at 514,564, an increase of four per cent when compared to 2018 (NSO, Population Statistics, 2020). Gozo’s population stood at just over 33,000, while Commino was uninhabited except for tourists (NSO, Regional Statistics, 2020). In 2019, the total number of non-Maltese nationals (EU and third country) was estimated at 83,267 (16.2% of the total population). The origin of employed foreign nationals in Malta and Gozo at the end of 2019 before economic slowdown generated by COVID-19, shows that 67.2% come from Europe, 24.5% from Asia, 5.8% from Africa and the remaining 2.4% from the Americas and Australia (Jobs Plus, 2020) (See Statistical Table below)…
Malta in the EU
MALTA AND EUROPEAN UNION – A BRIEF ACCOUNT
In 1970, Malta signed an Association Agreement with the European Economic Community (EEC). The Association Agreement provided for two stages, each in principle of five years’ duration. At the end of the second stage, Malta was meant to join the EEC’s customs union, but this stage kept being postponed on the insistence of Malta and was only achieved upon membership. The scope of the Association Agreement was broadened in the mid-seventies following the conclusion of several additional protocols.
When the first stage of the agreement lapsed in 1981 without agreement on the second stage, relations with the European Community stalled…
