nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20191203-180905-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191203s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20191203-180905-0 doi eng 342 23 Borg-Barthet, Justin Author aut A Captured State Why the EU has to Intervene Quickly in the Rule of Law Crisis in Malta Borg-Barthet, Justin Verfassungsblog 2019-12-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The need for a rapid EU response in the rule of law crisis in Malta is evident: Every aspect of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination case is susceptible to political interference from the Office of the Prime Minister. The police force is politically controlled, the magistrate is politically appointed, any pardons which may be granted to extract further information are within the gift of the Prime Minister, as are the chief prosecutors’ career prospects. The question of judicial independence, acute as it is, is just the tip of a rather large iceberg. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Joseph Muscat judicial independence Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-captured-state/ raw object