Simon Busuttil

08/10/2025

A new chapter beckons. I am looking forward to my new duties in the European Parliament with excitement and enthusiasm, to make Europe work better for citizens.

Former PN leader to serve as director within parliament's administration

04/10/2025

HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY to our beautiful mama, nanna and buznanna. And HAPPY 60th ANNIVERSARY to our beloved parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. THANK YOU for a lifetime of love and happiness ❤️

07/09/2025

NIFRAĦ MINN QALBI lil Alex Borg għall-elezzjoni bħala Kap ġdid tal-Partit Nazzjonalista. Nawguralu ħidma ta' suċċess fl-interess tal-partit u ta' pajjiżna. Il-poplu jixraqlu Partit Nazzjonalista b'saħħtu u magħqud li joffri futur aħjar, speċjalment għaż-żgħażagħ tagħna. GRAZZI wkoll lil Adrian Delia u lil Bernard Grech għall-ħidma leali u eżemplari tagħhom u nawguralhom sehem sħiħ fil-ħidma tal-partit.

31/08/2025

So very sorry to learn of the untimely loss of Sharon Ellul Bonici. She was a formidable adversary on the path to EU membership before 2004: a fearless and fearsome communicator on the TV arena, where we debated the pros and cons of EU membership. Despite our disagreement on our future in Europe, we always shared a deep mutual respect, which endured over the years. So long dear Sharon, and sincere condolences to your family.

Ellul Bonici was part of Labour's eurosceptic wing

10/06/2025

Nixtieq ningħaqad ma dawk kollha li llum irringrazzjaw lil Bernard Grech għas-servizz kbir li ta lill-Partit Nazzjonalista u lil pajjizna matul l-aħħar snin bħala Kap tal-partit.

Li toffri is-servizz tiegħek fil-ħajja pubblika mhux faċli, speċjalment meta l-partit ikun fl-oppożizzjoni, u aktar u aktar fi żmienijiet ta' sfidi kbar, kemm għal pajjiżna, kif ukoll fid-dinja. Huwa diffiċli wkoll fuq livell personali u għall-familja kollha. F'mument bħal dan importanti li napprezzaw li, speċjalment għal min, bħal Bernard, daħal fil-politika biex iservi u mhux biex jisserva, il-ħajja pubblika hija sagrifiċċju kbir u mhux xi privileġġ speċjali.

Grazzi Bernard, tas-sens ta' dover tiegħek u j'alla tibqa' sservi fil-ħajja pubblika. Il-partit u l-pajjiż għad għandhom bżonnok.

Grech says

29/04/2025

There was always going to be one way that selling passports would end up: BADLY.

That is exactly what happened today when the EU Court decided that selling passports is illegal.

For me, this was obvious from the start when the scheme to sell our citizenship was first presented by the former disgraced Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, in 2013. As Opposition Leader at the time, I had immediately made our position clear: selling our nationality is just not on. It is morally wrong, it is politically wrong and it is legally wrong. And it is also a recipe for corruption.

Today, the EU Court confirmed that when we sell our passport we are also selling EU citizenship, which gives EU rights in another 26 EU countries. The right to grant citizenship comes with the responsibility of being loyal with those countries and not simply sell their common EU citizenship for money, like a commercial transaction. It is disloyal and breaches the mutual trust that there should be among EU countries.

We said this from the start. But the point is not who was right, but rather how we can now fix yet another Labour mess. Here's how:

First, the word of the Court must be obeyed and the current scheme must be ended - otherwise we risk significant daily fines.

Secondly, someone must carry political responsibility for the political mistakes that have been committed by a stubborn government that had been warned about this from the very start but persisted in its wrong policy.

Thirdly, we need fresh ideas to put our economy on the path of sustainable long-term growth. This is where the genius of government lies, not from taking short cuts to make a quick buck, at the cost of legality, of reputational risk and sustainability. And yes, there can be investment schemes, if planned in the right way.

Today's landmark judgment is a massive legal breakthrough, also for other EU countries: selling citizenship is not just morally wrong - it is also legally wrong. But as usual, the Labour government has to be dragged screaming to get it to do the right thing.

Partit Nazzjonalista Repubblika Times of Malta

NGOs: 'Will close one door to corrupt actors buying their way into EU'; Developers disappointed

21/04/2025

Francis Zammit Dimech was a true SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE, who dedicated his entire life to public duty in the sole interest of the people. He was politics as it should be: ever present, ever smiling and ever loyal. Few can claim to have served as long as him, even fewer know politics without him. And he clearly enjoyed every minute. Francis, you are smiling down at us, alongside another great Francis we lost today, the Pope no less. No doubt you will serve with him in heaven. Farewell, dear friend.
Francis Zammit Dimech

07/02/2025

AWGURI EDDIE, dejjem f'qalbna u dejjem grati lejk.

05/02/2025

IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING. The PanamaPapers gang exposed by Daphne Caruana Galizia 9 years ago, in February 2016, are finally about to start facing justice.

Corruption charges are being brought against Joseph Muscat's Chief of Staff and his top minister as well as the man awaiting trial for allegedly masterminding the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. And it's all about that monument to corruption, the Electrogas power station.

If the Police did ther duty, we would have got here much sooner. Because they did nothing, it took a number of us, as individual citizens, to ask the court to investigate. They made us sweat blood in court and obstructed justice for 8 long years. But we got there. The box files were not empty after all.

Repubblika David Casa Jason Azzopardi Partit Nazzjonalista Times of Malta

Prosecutors accuse defendants of corruption, trading in influence, money laundering

26/01/2025

It is difficult to believe, let alone accept, that Tanya Sciberras Camilleri is no longer with us. Her untimely departure caught us unprepared and left us heartbroken. I first met her studying law in the class of ‘93, later working with her in the same room in the same law firm in the same first job as budding lawyers. Although our lives eventually took different turns, our friendship remained lifelong and her voice, her stories, her humour and her laughter forever impressed in my heart. My sincere condolences to William, Andrew and family. Farewell, dear Tanya, and thank you for your friendship. Until we meet again. Rest in peace ❤️

25/01/2025

EVERYONE is shocked but no one is surprised. Because this is what you get when criminals are normalised. It’s what you get when a government obstructs justice and enables impunity. This is what you get when decency goes down the drain. Today, all of us law-abiding citizen are victims of a government that has served criminals, but failed us.

Former businessman to exit prison, five years after his arrest