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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER 2023 6 INTERVIEW What they said ... LORENZO VELLA Head of the European Commission's Malta Representation Today, we have reached the situation where more member states are now sensitised towards the difficulties that coun- tries such as Malta face, due to migration flows. PROF. SIMONE BORG Malta's ambassador for Climate Change While renewables are definitely the answer, there will have to be an energy mix. One can also consider that even nu- clear energy, for some countries, will be an option. TIMMY GAMBIN Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at UoM Did we go through all the effort of opening up a deepwater archaeological park, just to cater for this very tiny number of people? My answer is 'No'. ARNOLD SCIBERRAS Managing director of 'The Exterminator' I'm afraid that - if construction is going to continue at the present rate, on these islands – the rodent problem will become impossible to handle. LARA DIMITREJIVIC Women's Rights Foundation while it may be true that we can no longer say, 'Malta is the only country to ban abortion, in ALL circumstances'... by this very step, we have already gone backwards. ALEKS FARRUGIA Author and journalist e underlying problems have always been there; but what we're seeing is an ac-cumulation of things, all coming to the fore at once. JOHN PILLOW Sliema mayor When I became mayor, I gave up my job to be able to ded- icate myself 100% to the role. And it wasn't easy. REBECCA BUTTIGIEG Parliamentary Secretary for Equality and Human Rights Legislation has sparked a change when it comes to men- tality: people actually feel safe 'coming out', and living their life without the fear of discrimination. JEROME CARUANA CILIA PN spokesman for finance Let me be clear: the Nationalist Party is not against 'con- struction', in itself. We all agree that the sector is impor- tant; because it contributes to the economy. JOE FARRUGIA Malta Employers Association president Different sectors of the economy have a different 'val- ue-added'; some sectors which we have managed to attract to Malta, can offer much better conditions than others. FABRIZIO ELLUL Author and animator With storytelling, I usually find that – as a visual artist - my best method is start out with a picture in my mind; and then compose the rest of the story, around that image. PETER PAUL COLEIRO Civil Protection Department director So despite being a relatively recent institution, we now have a history of consistently providing active assistance. However: we are still learning, with each intervention.