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A European Parliament committee on Tuesday voted in favour of a resolution raising rule of law concerns in Malta. The rule of law resolution about Malta and Slovakia sailed through the civil liberties committee, with 40 votes in favour and seven against. MEPEP committee endorses 'severe criticism' of Malta's rule of law
A European Parliament committee on Tuesday voted in favour of a resolution raising rule of law concerns in Malta. The rule of law resolution about Malta and Slovakia sailed through the civil liberties committee, with 40 votes in favour and seven against. MEP Sophie in’t Veld, who led the rule of law missions to the two countries, heralded the large majority in the committee expressing “severe criticism” of the Maltese and Slovakian government for the insufficient action being taken against corruption and crime, and for not finding who ordered the killings of Daphne Caruana Galizia and Jan Kuciak. The resolution will be voted on in plenary next month. The civil liberties committee called on a full and independent public inquiry into the murder and into the response by the public authorities to it. 'Hate speech and disparagement' According to the resolution, the Maltese authorities have not yet sought to obtain data stored on Ms Caruana Galizia’s laptops and hard drives from the German federal police. The data was handed over by representatives of the Caruana Galizia family. The resolution raises concerns about the “hate speech and disparagement” of the memory of Ms Caruana... Read more