The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
THE HON. DR JOSEPH GARCIA MP DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER BUDGET ADDRESS 2015 –22 JUNE 2015
Mr Speaker,
This is my seventeenth contribution to a budget debate in this House, my fourth as a member of the Government. It is also the last budget before a general election takes place later this year.
The Minister for Sports, Culture, Heritage and Youth, Steven Linares, recently attended the 2015 Commonwealth Local Government Forum in Gaborone, Botswana hosted by the Botswana Ministry.