Malta's success is due to its progressive policy - Muscat

Malta’s experience on economic growth and the strengthening of the social sector as complementary factors was discussed in Edinburgh by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Dr Muscat was taking part in an academic and political talk with more than 100 students from the University of St Andrews. The emphasis on the social dimension in economic policy was instrumental to the success of his administration, he said, adding that it was showing that progressive politics could make a real difference in people’s lives. He described Malta’s decision for voting rights to be extended to 16-year-olds as one of the pillars of a wide programme based on progressive values. Malta, he said, had opened itself to open business with open frontiers. The exchange of ideas, capital and technology in a globalised world was fundamental to the creation of economic and social wealth. While continuing to build on the maritime and tourism sectors, Malta invested strongly in sectors such as i-gaming, financial services, and digital technologies. This led to thousands of foreign workers being welcomed in Malta - one of every six workers in Malta were now foreign, including two per cent who were Britons. Malta’s...