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KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt PAGE 6 PAGE 6 Cassola pitches for the political centre Euthanasia White Paper out next year ARNOLD Cassola is pitching for the political centre with the clearest sign yet being his address at the congress of the European Democrats, a centrist party. YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2024 • ISSUE 1310 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Syria's new era The as The aspirations of the Syrian pirations of the Syrian people, the challenges they people, the challenges they face and the EU's decisio face and the EU's decision to to suspend asylum applications suspend asylum applications CENTRE PULLOUT CENTRE PULLOUT maltatoday Joseph Muscat gives the Labour Party the recipe to recover lost ground PAGE 4 Podcast politics €1.95 MALTA will start debating euthanasia next year with Reforms Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg telling MaltaToday she will release a White Paper for public con- sultation. The White Paper is expected to include the principles, which government wants to abide by before drafting a Bill that will later be tabled in parliament. The government has an electoral man- date to introduce euthanasia for terminally ill patients after it was included in the 2022 election manifesto. "The aim of the White Paper is to create a discussion as promised in our manifesto. We are open to any discussion… we have to listen to people, which is why we will be issuing a White Paper," Buttigieg said in an interview published today with this news- paper (see MT2). She insisted the government did not have a proposal that is cast in stone but is cur- rently studying the different laws available in only a handful of countries and speaking to people passing through painful experi- ences. "I look forward to a mature discussion on the issue that is based on facts… Our aim is to give the person passing through a lot of suffering the chance to make their own choices about themselves. But we are not just studying but also talking to people be- cause after all this deals with human sto- ries," she said. Arnold Cassola (right) and Mark Camilleri Gambin (left) at the congress of the European Democrats in Brussels. Next to Cassola is ED founder François Bayrou, who was nominated by French President Emanuel Macron to be France's next prime minister Reforms Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg Gourmet Today Be sure to get your copy with this edition of MaltaToday A INSIDE ISSUE 74 • DECEMBER 2024