‘PM seeks to make new friends and maintain existing ones in the EU’

New Prime Minister Joseph Muscat took part in his first EU council meeting on March 14.
The social-democrat head of government sought to reassure the public that Malta’s EU funding was not in jeopardy following the European Parliament’s decision to reject the 2014-2020 EU budget proposal, writes the daily.
He also stated that beyond the “special friendship” with the UK, he would seek to “improve relations with countries such as France – where language should not be seen as a barrier – the Baltic states and new members such as Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia.”