Abstract | Can Article 19(1) TEU and Article 47 CFR serve as yardsticks for verifying the legality of procedures applicable to the appointment of judges laid down in the Constitution of Malta? If so, is the role of the Prime Minister in the procedure in question compatible with these provisions of EU law? And if incompatibility is conf irmed, how would past and future judicial appointments be affected? These were, in essence, the questions submitted to the Court of Justice, under Article 267 TFEU, by the Prim’Awla tal-Qorti C ̇ivili – G ̇urisdizzjoni Kostituzzjonali (First Hall of the Civil Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court of Malta).1 They gave the ECJ yet another opportunity to shape its ever-growing case law on EU values; in particular, respect for the rule of law and independence of the judiciary. |
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