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Vapuri ġodda għal Għawdex Kempinski Hotel, San Lawrenz 15 ta' Marzu 2025 | 10:00 SEE PAGES 10 - 11 YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 9 MARCH 2025 • ISSUE 1322 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Abortion law Academi Academic and pro-choice activist c and pro-choice activist Prof. Isabel Stabile on women's Prof. Isabel Stabile on women's reproductive rights reproductive rights and and the the potential progress in this area potential progress in this area INTERVIEW MT2 maltatoday Trump has threatened the EU with a 25% tariff; how could Malta be impacted? PAGES 8 - 9 Valletta's eastern coastline at risk of erosion and potential flooding PAGE 15 Trade war Breakwater The tale of the two Abelas ABELA'S RHETORICAL DIVIDE: NEUTRALITY AT HOME, REARMAMENT IN BRUSSELS PAGES 2-4 THE LIBYAN WARSHIP THAT STOPPED NEUTRAL MALTA'S SEARCH FOR OIL PAGES 6-7 EDITORIAL | WAR AND PEACE: LABOUR CAN NOW DITCH ITS RHETORIC MT2 Central Bank report debunks claims that young Maltese are leaving the country in large numbers or that public sector growth is driving employers to rely on foreign labour. Where have the Maltese workers gone? €2.20 PRIME Minister Robert Abela warned against EU funds being used to purchase weapons ahead of the special European leaders' summit on defence. He even cautioned fellow EU leaders against "foot-stamping" on Ukraine if they insisted the only way for war to end is for Ukraine to win it. Abela had said Ukraine must be willing to "compromise" in an interview. But behind closed doors inside the Eu- ropa Building in Brussels, Abela simply endorsed all conclusions on increased EU military spending and support for Ukraine. Despite the rhetoric on home ground, Abela eventually aligned himself with the rest of Europe's leaders. The apparent contradiction could not be more glaring. In this edition we explore the tale of the two Abelas – the partyman in Malta and the prime minister in Brussels. We also question the supposed protection neu- trality affords Malta in a historical throw- back to the incident involving a Libyan warship that stopped Malta's oil explora- tion in 1980.