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SUNDAY • 31 DECEMBER 2017 • ISSUE 947 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
Will Joseph Muscat start packing his
bags, can the Opposition give the
government a truly radical response,
and is Valletta 2018 going to leave a
true legacy for Maltese culture?
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INTERVIEW
Godfrey Grima
"The European
Parliament
counts for a
hill of beans.
And let's
face it: the
EU is hugely
corrupt"
Wanted: an Opposition
EDITORIAL PG 24
Why the Opposition
must be able to stand
up to the Labour
administration with
a clear alternative
EIGHT IDEAS PGS 4-5
Eight proposals
that any party in
opposition should
be offering to the
Maltese electorate
to address the
environmental and
political deficit in
Malta
AFTER MUSCAT
PGS 2-3
YANNICK PACE and
KURT SANSONE on
Joseph Muscat's
plans to up a
European Council
post and the
unpopular subject of
his succession
VALLETTA 2018
PGS 6-7
TEODOR RELJIC
asks what the
implications are
of pitching the
scene-changing
opportunity
of Valletta
as European
Capital of
Culture as simply
yet another
'celebration'
THIS WEEK
PGS 27-43
Food trends
in 2018, a
selection of film
productions set
for release in the
coming year, and
the hopes of so
many artists and
practitioners for
Valletta's coming
year as European
Capital of Culture