The Treaty on European Union and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights do not stand in the way of the Maltese Constitution, under which the executive, including the Prime Minister, plays a role in the procedure for appointing judges, Advocate General Gerard Hogan said in his opinion delivered on Thursday 17 December (Case C-896/19).
The Maltese association Repubblika is bringing a challenge before the Civil Court of Malta on the system of appointment of judges governed by the Maltese...