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Tag: Politics

  • Post-Merkel Germany: 5 Key Points

    Post-Merkel Germany: 5 Key Points

    After 16 years of Angela Merkel as Chancellor, what does the new government look like, and what can we expect from a Merkel-less Germany?

  • I Don’t Like To Look At Suicide

    I Don’t Like To Look At Suicide

    After any tragedy comes a wave of explanations – some find them in the web of sociological constructs, while others believe that by overanalysing, we lose the substance that’s been staring at us all along.

  • B.Sustainable – Implementing the politics

    Since 1978, through the United Nations, the term “Sustainability” has been brought forward in a wide array of literature, which ranges from policies to technological articles, and regulation. This was triggered by the early effects of Climate Change, which compared to the effects we are feeling today, are minimal. Humankind’s rapid development since the dawn…

  • WTF is: Moneyval?

    WTF is: Moneyval?

    The infamous Moneyval test has dominated Maltese political discourse for the past year. Aside from whether Malta will pass or not, the process remains a cloudy concept to most. So, wtf is Moneyval?

  • Social Classes in 2020?

    Social Classes in 2020?

    When we think about poverty, most items that come up in our thoughts tend to be quite common – people suffering from malnutrition, with ragged clothes and no roof over their heads. These are all realities found around the globe.

  • Bobby The Buffu

    Bobby The Buffu

    Bobby is one special person. Even though he has been Prime Minister for only a few months he enjoys one of the highest trust ratings among the Maltese ever recorded. Not even the man of the year for corruption, Joseph Muscat, had that privilege. Yet, despite his seeming popularity, Bobby has this special gift of being…

  • The importance of youth activism

    The importance of youth activism

    At a certain point in our lives, we have all come across the word ‘democracy’ and learnt its definition for an exam or other purposes. Democracy is a form of government which gives a voice to the people to the extent that if we take Malta as an example, the Maltese people get to elect…

  • ASCS Review on Budget 2020

    The Budget presented for 2020 was for the most part a pretty uneventful budget. The budget very clearly showed that the country is in surplus, with its strict emphasis on the fact that this was the third consecutive budget without an increase in taxes. The budget was also full of tax rebates and one-offs meant…

  • Brexit: A leap in the dark or a new beginning?

    For months, international media has been speculating about the possible outcome of Brexit. Some fear the activation of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty might bring around an economic recession, widening the poverty gap amongst Britons. Others believe that the time is ripe for Britain to lead, both economically as well as within the international…