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RT @VoltMalta: Volt's MEP @d_boeselager met with a number of ministers and MPs during his visit in #Malta and discussed:
🟣 EU electoral laws
🟣 Europe's energy transition
🟣 EU permanent fiscal find, and more!
https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2023-05-04/local-news/Malta-s-two-party-system-needs-reform-Volt-MEP-says-during-official-visit-to-island-6736251561
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1654074863659765760
Nice - my Malta visit was covered by the @maltainde’pendent 💪🇲🇹 https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2023-05-04/local-news/Malta-s-two-party-system-needs-reform-Volt-MEP-says-during-official-visit-to-island-6736251561
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1654074604283887616
Super interesting read by @linakhanFTC, the chair of the relevant authority, on regulating AI.
Democrats seem to go more in a European, values & rights direction.
If true, EU & US regulators should cooperate and come up with common regulation & enforcement!
RT @datasociety: "The trajectory of the Web 2.0 era was not inevitable," @linakhanFTC writes. It was shaped by policy choices. "As the use of AI becomes more widespread, public officials have a responsibility…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1654056953260261378
No freedom of press, no rule of law, no fair elections, no real education - incubators are supposed to grow sth, not destroy it. Test failed.
RT @floragaramvolgy: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban as the keynote speaker of the event: "Hungary is an incubator where the conservative policies of the future are being tested." https://t.co/YsUeJZFmmJ
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1654046216999645184
I just learned shocking news about the disqualification of @VoltGreece (as part of a 7-party alliance @PrasinoMov) from Greek national elections on the basis of 1 (!) error on a confusing new platform.
🇬🇷 Interior Minister Spanou, please look at this 🙏🏼 http://www.areiospagos.gr/ekloges_2023_may/2023_anakirixi___8_2023-signed.pdf
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653859948332294145
Stop 9: Caravaggio 👨🎨
One can’t go to Malta without checking out his paintings in St John’s.
Well, that’s it so far - now you have an impression from my Malta visit.
👋🏼 & I hope you will have the chance to go to 🇲🇹 soon!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799945407799297
Stop 8: @Miriamdalli
The energy minister and I used to work on a law together, when she was still an MEP - so I was happy to see her again!
We discussed the viability of offshore and onshore energy production - very interesting! /8
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799918157398016
Stop 7: @ClydeCaruana
With the minister of finance & employment I discussed my permanent residence law - and the idea of a permanent fiscal tool for the EU.
And Maltese competitiveness in general! /7
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799904500756491
Stop 6: @CressidaGalea & @carabottdarren
I met two younger MPs from the conservative & labour parties - both elected for Valetta.
They taught me a lot about Maltese democracy and maybe also it’s limits. I am impressed by their energy of doing full-time jobs AND being MPs! /6
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799888902139908
Stop 4: @MinisterIanBorg
For breakfast on day 2 I met the foreign minister of Malta. We had a good discussion about EU electoral law and some of the other issues I care about, incl Ukraine /5
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799873005727751
Stop 3: @VoltMalta
After a day focused on migration, I met the great local Volt-team, learning more about our chances in elections here! /4
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799864566788104
Stop 2: Asylum closed & open camps
In both camps, common spaces and activities could be better, while the mental health focus is good.
However, I leave w two key questions:
- Are all the people rightfully detained?
- Is the access to lawyers sufficient? /3
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799853124644864
Stop 1: @EUAsylumAgency
This EU agency is based in Malta.
Nina Gregori, the director, told me about how she is implementing the new mandate of the EUAA that I negotiated with other colleagues, incl. fundamental rights officer & country-analyses! /2
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799825693974528
The last 2 days I spent in Malta 🇲🇹 here is what I learned:
🏛️ Malta’s 2-party system w part-time MPs needs reform & new parties
⚡️ Energy prices, population density, competitiveness are key
👩💻 Share (20%) & increase (100k) in foreign workers are exceptional /1
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1653799814256111618
But more needs to be done.
My dream is, that we have a full and vibrant house during some core debates and that our hearings are so interesting, that people across the world want to tune in.
Together with the young MEPs, the #YoungEuropeans, I will push to get there!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1652284563719172098
Parliament can be very boring. Especially, when we don’t really argue and discuss with each other.
That’s why a young group of MEPs and I conspired to improve our debating culture.
Our efforts resulted in the first changes in our house rules - which is great!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1652284558425878530
I recently build a python scraper again. It scraped pages based on search words.
It made me think about #chatcontrol: Once a backdoor is built into secure communication, the code is indifferent to the word you use.
This is too much power for anyone to wield over all of us. 🚫
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1651865959638892544
@_Lord_williams That’s kind, thanks 🙏🏼
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1650575452249923584
@blessanm86 Thx - should be somewhere here around noon - but it was just a short back and forth https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/plenary-session_20230420-0900-PLENARY
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1650555349441687594
The far-right tried to kill my bill on attracting international talent. They failed. Here’s my speech in plenary
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/d_boeselager/status/1650517595232129026
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