#Malta: Sven Giegold MEP asks why Maltese parliament is not investigating rule of law

Three members of the ad-hoc mission of the European Parliament to Malta will make an informal visit to La Valletta this Friday (1 June). Ana Maria Gomes MEP (Socialists & Democrats), David Casa MEP (EPP) and Sven Giegold MEP (Greens) (pictured) will hold a number of talks and exchanges of views, writes Catherine Feore.

While the European Parliament has pursued this matter, Giegold is asking why the Maltese parliament has not established a committee of inquiry.

Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group, said:  "The concerns over the rule of law in Malta are far from being settled. The Daphne project of investigative journalists has brought to light new case work which deserve parliamentary investigation. I am particularly curious to understand why all these revelations have not led to an inquiry committee in the Maltese parliament."

The mandate of the ad-hoc mission will end soon and the work will be handed over with a report to a new working group on the rule of law and the fight against corruption in EU member states. This working group will among other things also deal with the situation in Hungary and Slovakia.

The MEPs will meet with Magistrate Anthony Vella, Magistrate Aaron Burgeja, Ivan Grech Mintoff, former-European Commissioner John Dalli and with the members of the Maltese Parliament as well as civil society.

Giegold is anxious to make clear that the new European Parliament with a broader geographical remit will not in any way stop him from pursuing serious and persistent problems with the rule of law in member states in a systematic manner.

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