Governments always put the best possible spin on bad news. It comes with the territory, and we, the Great Unwashed, have to grin and bear it. Friday’s publication of the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report provides a masterclass in that little exercise. The Justice Ministry rushed out a statement proclaiming that Malta’s justice reforms had been
Malta has failed to address several weaknesses in its democratic institutions despite years of scrutiny, Repubblika said on Saturday its reaction to the European Commission’s latest Rule of Law Report. The NGO said the commission’s 2026 report presented a “sober and realistic” assessment that contradicted the government’s claims that Malta had overcome
NGO Repubblika on Saturday welcomed the publication of the European Commission's 2026 Rule of Law Report on Malta, which, it said, presents a sober and realistic assessment of the state of our institutions. "Far from endorsing the Government's repeated claims that the rule-of-law crisis has been overcome, the report confirms that many of the structural
The European Commission has warned that Malta has made little progress on several long-standing rule of law reforms, while public perceptions of judicial independence have fallen sharply over the past year. In the latest Rule of Law report, the Commission said perceived judicial independence among the general public in Malta dropped significantly from
The European Commission’s annual Rule of Law Report highlights the significant progress made by Malta over the past year in upholding the rule of law by strengthening the justice sector, combatting corruption, safeguarding media freedom and reinforcing institutional standards and checks and balances, the Justice Ministry said in a statement on Friday
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s record on the rule of law has received a damning assessment from the European Commission, which has concluded that Malta has made little or no progress on most of the key reforms repeatedly demanded by Brussels during his premiership. The findings, contained in the Commission’s 2026 Rule of Law Report published on Friday,