Lovin Malta reported that the event, titled United Against Discrimination, is scheduled to start at 4pm in Tritons’ Square before moving to Parliament Square for speeches and live musical performances. Organisers say people from different communities are being invited to attend in solidarity with foreign workers and to call for equal treatment, dignity and respect regardless of nationality.
The immediate dispute is over Budget 2027 proposals concerning third-country nationals’ contributions towards public services and benefits. Prime Minister Robert Abela has defended the government’s approach by arguing that third-country nationals should contribute towards benefits they receive in Malta, including healthcare, education and subsidised energy prices.
TCN Alliance is taking the opposite view, saying the budget measures are discriminatory and urging supporters to turn up for the gathering.
That leaves the protest centred on a fairly concrete question, even if politics will dress it up in warmer language on both sides: when the government talks about contribution, which workers are being asked to pay more, and for what.
The event is due to conclude in Parliament Square, which is at least geographically tidy for an argument about policy.
Sophia Borg 
Alex de Valletta 
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