The Nationalist Party cannot be credible in its condemnation of Sven Giegold’s suggestion that article 7 is invoked against Malta, the Labour Party said in a statement.

For the last five years PN MEPs have worked incessantly to undermine Malta’s interests in the financial sector with people like Giegold.

The Nationalist Party today condemned a call by Greens MEP Sven Giegold for the European Union to invoke an Article 7 procedure against Malta.

On Sunday, Giegold said the EU Commission must make the situation in Malta a top priority and initiate a procedure under Article 7 of the EU Treaties

The Article 7 procedure means a member state may be denied certain rights, such as voting rights. 

In its statement, the PL said that the Maltese have long understood the intentions behind the behaviour of the PN MEPs. For many years PN MEPs Roberta Metsola and David Casa worked hand in hand with Giegold to attack the Maltese government and Malta. Now it is too late to say that they did not want to cause harm to Malta, the PL said.