Fireworks as fiery as the Maltese people DOI Malta

Dear reader,
our team is coming up with a lot of new antics to ensure that our website is attractive to the reader and to make sure every European citizen is informed about what the European Parliament is doing for him and her!

Hence, we are all looking forward to the eve of 7 June when the results are announced but MOST particularly when the turn-out of voters is announced. We simply hope you are one of them! Now the hitch is this. I come from a country which is hyper political. We eat, we think politics, we see red, blue, green…wherever we go and whoever we meet.  As a Maltese friend on Facebook said “The election campaign in Malta is not about ‘Use Your vote’ but rather who to vote for!” People think we are arguing when we are simply debating….hotly…about something political issue we are passionate about! What am I coming to? That may simply be too much for other temperaments but you may want to check electoral turn-outs. We are NOT obliged to vote against a fine like some countries but participation is high. What is the secret? We were simply trained to think that participating in the political and civil society is a sacred duty….because politics is about man and about seeking the common good. Democracy can only be democracy if we make use of our choice. Now if my reason tries to persuade you to vote and your reason says otherwise we are in a tight corner. However if we both try to reach that higher common good mountains can move and one can see that one vote counts and as that wise saying goes…if you light a candle in the dark, that one vote will count. The EU will be presenting one person less and democracy will suffer a bit more. Let us not forget what Churchil said of democracy:

“ Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”