Visit on Madam Speaker by German Members of Parliament

Two Members of Parliament from the German Bundestag, accompanied by the German Charge' d'Affaires in Malta, Mr Alfred Gerth, paid a visit on Madam Speaker, Notary Myriam Spiteri Debono, at her office at the House of Representatives, Valletta, today Thursday 4 September 1997.

The MPs, Dr Wolfgang Gotzer, CSU member for Landshut, and Mr Ronald Pofalla, CDU member for Weeze, are members of the Law Working Group of the CDU/CSU parties of Germany and are in Malta on a fact-finding mission on combating corruption, money laundering and organised crime.

The two sides discussed the Euro-Med process, with particular reference to the Malta Conference held earlier this year, as well as the electoral and parliamentary systems in use in the two countries. It was also agreed that a Maltese-German Parliamentary Group be formed so as to enable familiarisation visits by Parlamentarians from both countries.

After meeting Madam Speaker, the German delegation held a meeting with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives during which Malta-EU relations and the combating of international organised crime were discussed.