Forecast / target
The speech gives illustrative unsubsidised diesel and electricity costs; these are not individual benefit entitlements.
Amount
Illustrative comparison only
Previous
No direct comparator
Effective from
Awaiting guidance
Illustrative diesel cost for one car moves from €20 to €33.06 weekly and electricity from €50 to €85 monthly without subsidies. The speech describes about €2,000 annual fuel/electricity savings for an average household with two diesel cars. Actual household consumption and savings vary; these are speech examples, not personal calculator outputs.
Affects: Residents, Companies & SMEs, Economy.
The additional COLA mechanism runs again, paying €200 to €1,500 a year depending on disposable income and household size. Over 100,000 households are expected to benefit.
€200 to €1,500 per year
Speech printed p. 22 · PDF p. 26
From 2027 free public transport is restricted to Maltese and Gozitan residents, resident EU nationals and long-term residents.
Speech printed p. 30 · PDF p. 34
A 25% tax rate on retained or reinvested profit is announced for qualifying companies with turnover not above €1 million, compared with 35% on distributed profit.
25% on retained profit
Proposed rules; implementation not confirmed.
Speech printed p. 34 · PDF p. 38