GRTU has worked in close collaboration with Richard Cachia Caruana throughout the years that he was in charge of the Secretariat of Eddie Fenech Adami’s PM’s office, and throughout the whole negotiation process prior to Malta’s accession to the European Union and over the last eight years as Malta’s formidable Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels.
The loss of Richard Cachia Caruana as Malta’s Representative in Brussels is great indeed. Malta has worked well with the EU and Malta’s relative excellent economic and social success story as EU member, when compared to other Mediterranean Member States, is to a large extent due to Richard Cachia Caruana’s performance and efficient representations. It is really a hard act to follow. A great loss for Malta.