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Sir Joseph John Bossano (born 10 June 1939) is a Gibraltarian politician who served as Chief Minister of Gibraltar from 1988 to 1996 and Leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party from 1978 to 2011. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1984 to 1988 and 1996 to 2011.
Sir Joe Bossano founded the Gibraltar Democratic Movement (GDM) in 1977. The GDM then became the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) in 1978 and it has revolutionised and transformed local politics ever since.
- Treaty & National Economic Plan
- International Context
- Gibraltar Economy
- Public Finances
- Public Sector & Jobs
- Manipulating Books
- Investment
- Social Security
- Circular Economy
If the Schengen Access treaty happens, Sir Joe says it will have a maximum life of 4 years. From the debates in the Spanish Parliament, he believes it is clear that those who support it do so because they believe it will enable Spain to persuade us to become a part of Spain. He said this is not going to happen. He said his duty as the Minister for ...
Sir Joe said we have a totally open economy which can only survive by selling to the rest of the world enough to pay for what we consume, which is all imported. The rate of inflation is driven by imports at higher prices and higher transportation costs, rather than domestically generated costs. Given the inflation rates in the UK and in Spain, whic...
Sir Joe said Gibraltar’s economy has recovered, with a GDP of £2.589 billion, representing a growth of 5.4% over the final figure for the last pre-Covid year, 2018/19. The employment survey report for October 2021 also points to an increase in the number of businesses as well as well as larger workforce compared to 2018/19. Sir Joe said another ind...
He said Gibraltar’s fiscal problems started as a consequence of our exit from the EU, but the further challenges of Covid, deglobalisation and a European war have made life more difficult for everyone and there was no way of spotting this coming. Sir Joe said at no other time in our history has there been a greater need to make an “all-out effort” ...
Sir Joe says the additional numbers and additional earnings in the public sector have become unaffordable. The 2021 Employment Survey indicates that following the lockdown there has been an increase in the number of active businesses from 1,887 to 2,009, an increase of 122 employers and an additional 408 jobs. From 2018 to 2021, the number of front...
In response to any suggestion that the books were being manipulated, Sir Joe invited the GSD Opposition to reflect on a situation in 2011, when the then Chief Minister Peter Caruana reworked the accounts to show the appropriation of sums from the consolidated fund which never happened in reality on the dates shown in the audited accounts “since it ...
Sir Joe said a group of investors the Government is talking to in London is considering the assimilation of all its projects in one holding company that would then move to Gibraltar and manage investments with a current valuation of the order of £20 billion. He said it was not his policy to make announcements until he is confident they will happen....
Sir Joe said he would be initiating a process this year to reform the social security system to make it more viable in the long term. He said the options open to Gibraltar will depend on whether there is a Schengen Access Treaty with the EU or not, and whether it involves the continued application of the EU constraints on the scope of the social se...
Sir Joe finished off with a section on the Circular Economy, which in his view is the only initiative that has a chance of stopping climate change catastrophe. He said the international community must urgently transition from unsustainable patterns of consumption and production to circular economic models that promote reusability and reduce waste
Jun 29, 2022 · The main drivers of the increase of being food prices which increased 8.1%, housing costs which increased 10.5% and transport which increased 10.4%. The rate of inflation is clearly driven by imports at higher prices and higher transportation costs, rather than domestically generated costs.
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Introduction. Mr Speaker, the 23rd of last month was the 49th anniversary of my election to this House. On the 10th, I had my 82nd birthday and GBC made a point of congratulating. me as a news item, which I appreciate very much. However, they said I was going to be 83 years old, an innocent error which I am sure.
Sir Joseph John Bossano KCMG (born 10 June 1939) is a Gibraltarian politician who served as Chief Minister of Gibraltar from 1988 to 1996 and Leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party from 1978 to 2011. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1984 to 1988 and 1996 to 2011.
