Two Maltese MEPs are being nominated to sit on the committee to be set up within the European Parliament to hold an inquiry into the Panama Papers, while a third is a substitute.

Alfred Sant, head of the Labour Party EP delegation, is being nominated as a substitute by the S&D Group.

Nationalist MEPs David Casa and Roberta Metsola have been nominated by the European People’s Party.

The vote approving the composition of the committee will take place on Thursday morning during the mini-plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels. 

Mr Casa will be appointed by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) together with Roberta Metsola as a representative of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). 

The Committee will be tasked to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. 

This Committee will be composed of two thirds of its MEP representatives from the ECON Committee and one third of its MEP representatives from the LIBE Committee.   MEP Therese Comodini Cachia will be a substitute member.