Workers are ready to carry their burden, but should never be ready to carry the burden of the irresponsibility by whoever they have chosen as their leader.

Politicians cannot shake off responsibility and then when something is successful they take the merit but when something goes wrong they blame the workers.

Less burdens, more qualitative work and planning the future is what family policy should be all about, and not standing against divorce, you all know my position: don’t let any party tell you what to do. It’s up to you and your conscience

Prime Minister Gonzi could not be trusted, he repeated, since there was no visible and plausible explanation for the ballooning deficit which reached €345 million in August.

We might not always please everyone. But our job is not to please, but take the relations between our countries to new, higher levels."

The country needs change but we also have to have the courage to acknowledge what is good," he said, insisting this was part of the mentality change the party had to undergo. "It is easy to say no; more difficult to say yes. But change is our lifeblood,"