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,
