Three Maltese MEPs pick up prestigious awards

Three Maltese MEPs – Roberta Metsola (PN), Miriam Dalli (PL) and Therese Comodini Cachia (PN) – all won ‘MEP of the Year’ awards during a ceremony in Brussels.

Metsola was awarded the MEP award for her work on the EU’s justice and civil liberties committee for the second year in a row. Comodini Cachia and Dalli each picked up an award for the first time, in the corporate governance and energy categories respectively.

“While the work in the Parliament goes beyond awards, it is an honour for Malta and for me personally to have been given the award,” Metsola said. “It is always satisfying for your work to be acknowledged and even more so when this comes from other MEPs from across Party lines. Having three MEPs win awards proves again that the geographical size of Malta need not hold anyone back from fulfilling their potential and making a difference for the people we represent.”

Dalli dedicated her award to “people who believe that energy and climate change are complimentary to one another”.

“This is an award for all those who believe that we can make a difference, for those who believe that we should work harder for cleaner energy so as to make sure that what was decided during the Climate Change conference in December will be implemented,” she said. “We owe this not only to ourselves, but to our children and grand-children.”

Comodini Cachia said  that the award reflects her belief that politicians must constantly dialogue with stakeholders.

“I believe that irrespective of the size of our country we can make a difference in shaping European policy,” she said. “In accepting this award, I strengthen my endevours to continue working to ensure that the interests of Maltese businesses and consumers are upheld.”

The ‘MEP Awards’ are organised by The Parliament Magazine, a Brussels-based publication that focuses on European affairs. MEPs are nominated in different categories and are voted for by other MEPs.