Agreement with China will end country's independence in electricity generation - PN leader

The agreement reached between Malta and China last Wednesday will make Malta lose its independence in the generation of energy, PN leader Simon Busuttil said this morning. Referring to this agreement when interviewed on Radio 101, Dr Busuttil said that the country’s institutions were under attack by a political party. “This is what is happening after just six months and we are there to show that we are against it...,” he said. Dr Busuttil said that the Opposition was asking questions because it did not have all the information. Why was the agreement reached behind the people’s backs, he asked noting that while the EU was informed, the Maltese Parliament was not. Dr Busuttil said that while Dr Muscat call the general secretary of the General Workers’ Union to tell him about the agreement, he did not likewise call him to let him know about it as leader of the Opposition. This agreement, Dr Busuttil said, would enable China to enter the European market with its solar panels, which was a hot issue in the EU. “Is the Prime Minister aware of this? Does he know how big the PV market is in Europe,” Dr Busuttil asked. He said that he was not comfortable with the idea that China would have...