Julia Farrugia
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said the number one crisis affecting Maltese families was the soaring cost of living, which he said was dwarfing wages and salaries.
Muscat made a ‘sweet’ exit yesterday, halfway through a TV programme discussing finances and the family, as he pinched a strawberry from Mgarr that was displayed on the TV set, before making his way to parliament.
Muscat’s talk was less than sweet however, as he called on government to relieve the pressure of hefty electricity bills.
In a fresher image for Labour, the party this week embarked on a weekly TV programme whose main guest is Muscat’s wife Michelle.
“Joseph and myself lived for four and a half years in Brussels,” she said yesterday. “With just €70 we used to do our weekly shop – two loaded carriers. Here in Malta it is different. Maybe €70 would suffice for two or three days’ needs.”
Joseph Muscat referred to expensive medicines that create a financial strain on pensioners’ pockets. “In many cases medicines are locally sold twice the price than in other European countries,” he said.
He also lambasted the government’s failure to establish a committee to monitor medicine prices effectively.
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