Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has strongly criticised PN Leader Alex Borg after the PN leader claimed Malta borrowed €1 billion in the month before the election was called. Speaking at a political event on Wednesday, Borg cited European Central Bank figures and alleged that the government borrowed €1 billion between March and April. The PN later doubled
Alex Borg’s claim that the government had borrowed €1 billion in the month before the election was called shows his “financial illiteracy” and “amateurism”, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Thursday. Caruana was responding to a claim made by Borg at a party meeting on Wednesday evening, in which he said that Malta had borrowed €1 billion between
Newly published European Central Bank data have revealed that Malta’s outstanding government debt securities surged by almost €1 billion in a single month, following a controversial decision by the National Statistics Office to delay the release of updated debt figures until after the election campaign. According to ECB Government Finance Statistics
Finance Shadow Minister Adrian Delia has accused the government of withholding key economic information ahead of the election, making the claims in a social media reel posted earlier today. Delia said that in the last days, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana continued to insist that his calculator works well and even posted reels of himself writing on
The country's debt has reached yet another record, the Nationalist Party said Thursday, but the government is doing its utmost to hide this on the eve of the election. In five years, Robert Abela accumulated more debt than the country had accumulated in 55 years under several Prime Ministers. Over the past five years, Robert Abela borrowed more than
PN Leader Alex Borg claimed the government borrowed €1 billion in the month before the general election was announced, citing figures published by the European Central Bank . Speaking during a campaign event in Naxxar , Borg said Malta’s public debt had risen to almost €12 billion by April 2026. “Between March and April 2026, in one month, the government
In an unprecedented move, the National Statistics Office (NSO) has delayed the release of Malta’s latest debt and unemployment statistics until after the elections, raising concerns that the government aims to protect voters from deteriorating public finance data. The statistics covering the first four months of 2026 were due to be released on Friday
