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EU partnership over membership | Alfred Sant
Labour Party leader between 1992 and 2008, now a Labour MP – opposed EU membership, favoured loose association he termed ‘partnership’.
Labour MP Alfred Sant
Former Labour Party leader Alfred Sant says we should compare what happened since EU membership with what would have happened otherwise.
“Growth has been fuelled by the financial services sector. The same would also have happened under a Maltese partnership with the EU, but other sectors would have remained leading players,” Sant says.
Eight years after accession, former Prime Minister Alfred Sant argues that relative poverty has increased.
“Relative poverty has increased. Membership benefits greatly 20% of the population... The rest have been left behind. With partnership, Malta would have done better by way of modernisation and social fairness.
