TMIS Editorial - A predictable infringement: Malta’s finch trapping defiance meets EU reality

For years, Malta has danced on the edge of a cliff of its own making - testing limits, ignoring warnings, and clinging stubbornly to a narrative that fooled no one but those who wanted to be fooled. Now, after the European Commission launched infringement proceedings over the so-called "research" derogation on finch trapping, it is painfully clear