🇪🇺 Brussels’ Circus Returns: The European Parliament’s Sham Debate on Malta

Nationalist lobbying meets European hypocrisy — a staged debate built on lies, not justice.

 

 

 

 

 

This week, the European Parliament will once again waste precious time on another theatrical performance — a so-called debate titled “Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination.”

 

Let’s call it what it really is: a staged spectacle driven by Nationalist lobbying and foreign hypocrisy — a deliberate attempt to tarnish Malta’s reputation and discredit a government that has done more for justice than any administration before it.

 

The same tired script, the same sanctimonious faces, the same selective outrage.

 

 

 

 

Let’s remind these European hypocrites of the reality.

 

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s name has become political currency — a brand used by the Opposition, certain NGOs, and self-proclaimed “activists” to attack every institution that refuses to bend to their will. Her murder has been transformed into a propaganda weapon, used to delegitimise a democratically elected government and vilify an entire nation.

 

Let’s make one thing absolutely clear:

 

Daphne’s assassination was a tragedy — not a political conspiracy.

 

The facts speak for themselves. The Maltese state had offered Daphne protection on several occasions. She refused — repeatedly. Why? Because she believed she was untouchable, that she didn’t need the protection of the very state she spent her life mocking. That arrogance cost her dearly.

 

The responsibility for her death lies solely with the criminals who planned and executed the murder, not with the Maltese government, not with the institutions, and certainly not with the Maltese people.

 

 

 

Justice has been served — and continues to be served.

 

For years, Malta has been portrayed as a country of impunity.

 

Here are the facts that Europe conveniently ignores:

 

• Robert Agius and Jamie Vella were found guilty of supplying the explosive device used in the assassination.

 

• Vincent Muscat, along with brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, were convicted and together received over 100 years in prison.

 

• One final suspect remains awaiting trial, a matter that is now before the courts.

 

This is not “delayed justice.”

 

This is justice in motion — the very definition of a system that works.

 

The Maltese courts have acted with independence, diligence, and strength. Yet, the same European MEPs who preach “rule of law” turn a blind eye to corruption, extremism, and media suppression in their own countries.

 

 

Europe’s double standards

 

Where were these moral crusaders when journalists were attacked or silenced in other EU states?

 

Where were they when corruption scandals erupted in France, Germany, or the Netherlands?

 

Why is Malta — the smallest EU member state — treated as a punching bag every time a political group in Brussels needs a headline?

 

Because for them, Malta is an easy target — a small island that refuses to bow.

 

What is happening in Strasbourg this week is not a debate.

 

It is a circus of hypocrisy, orchestrated by Nationalist lobbyists desperate for attention, cheered on by the same MEPs who couldn’t locate Malta on a map before 2017.

 

 

 

The truth cannot be erased

 

It is infuriating how the European Parliament and its allies keep rewriting history — erasing the fact that Daphne Caruana Galizia rejected state protection multiple times. They glorify her as a symbol, but omit her choices. That is not journalism. That is propaganda.

 

Selective memory may serve their agenda, but it does not serve justice.

 

The truth remains: Malta acted. The courts acted. Justice was done.

 

So, to those in Strasbourg preparing another round of lectures — save your moral sermons.

 

Malta doesn’t need validation from hypocrites who ignore their own failings.

 

 

 

Facts don’t bow to propaganda

 

The tactics of distortion have failed — and they will continue to fail — because facts have a stubborn habit of winning.

 

Malta’s institutions have acted.

 

Our courts have ruled.

 

Justice has been delivered.

 

The rest is political noise — and Malta refuses to apologise for standing tall.