Hello Fed, I was born in Malta and have lived In Australia since 1968 but although I love Australia I have never lost my ties to Malta and love it with a passion. I will never interfere with their politics as I believe that one needs to live in a place to have judgment in that place. I do take interest in what is happening there and love seeing the wonderful things happening but also see some of the things I would love to change but only if I live there !!
After 4 years on Gozo, I think I'm going to stay French for a long time, education, knowledge, a long previous life, and chiefly, my family, parents and kids are French...
As I mentioned, it's a thin line. Definitely upbringing, education, family are a big part of the way we identify. Yet, eventually, if you stay in Gozo for long enough, you will start feeling more and more Gozitan and one day, you might catch yourself identifying as a French/Gozitan. :-)
Hi Ernest, my Maltese is not up to the task. Besides, I must admit these videos were never meant only for a Maltese audience, so it had to be English. :-) Thanks for your feedback.
All people living in Gozo say for the last year or two years have a right to vote. Weather these are born in Gozo or abroad and returned back from Gozitan Parents - Settlers who have lived and are living in Gozo for say the last 5 years - Maltese born living or residing in Gozo - Gozitans who like Daniel have a Gozitan I.D. - works for weeks or months abroad but actually keeps returning to his home birth, all have a right of the say. Gozo has to be considered as a Island cut off from the rest of the World by its Isolation. Workers - Students - Air Travellers - Contacts - Works Opportunities - Weather - Waiting Times in Cirkewwa/Mgarr to get on the Ferries - Public Transport Issues at Cirkewwa - these issues are only the travelling Gozitan Workers/Commercial & Farming Entities that have to suffer the hustle of crossing the Channel between Islands. Those property buyers & settlers who came to Gozo to be cut off from the outside world have one vision of not connecting Gozo to Malta. Others like me who continuously have been crossing the Channel for long years do appreciate the facility of having direct and instant contact with the Mainland & Outside World. I must congratulate Mr Federico Chini for his very ample & valid views on this commentary. Thank you also Daniel Cilia for bringing this Video to the General Public.
Dear Lino, thanks for your feedback, you surely raise some valid points, but please be aware that the changes a possible tunnel will bring will not be exclusively for the daily commuters and will probably impact the island on several levels. Also consider that a commuter today might not be one tomorrow and vice versa.
Gozitans are the people who were born in Gozo... Wife was born in the US (family from both sides is Gozitan), moved to Gozo before her teens, she has dual citizenship... but at the end of the day she's American. How can one consider himself a Gozitan and an American/British/Canadian/Australian/etc? I'm sure that the British (or would we now have to call them Gozitans because they live in Gozo?) living on the Maltese Islands voted in THEIR referendum regarding Brexit. So what are they, British or Gozitans? If they consider themselves Gozitans, what business do they have with England?
Hi Karl, as I said it's a thin line. For some cases, I think it's more than clear. Being born on the island surely makes you a Gozitan by default, yet if you leave soon afterwards is that still the case? What if you are born in Gozo to foreign parents, does it counts as well? Personally I am more than fine with the concept of being Half Gozitan but that too can be disputed. :-)
