European Parliament concerned about lack of progress in Daphne Caruana Galizia investigations

The European Parliament on Tuesday expressed its concern on the lack of progress in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigations and allegations of fraud and corruption.

A new mission made up of MEPs from the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee will monitor investigations into the murders of journalists Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta and Jan Kuciak in Slovakia.

In the coming months MEPs will monitor and report on the situation of rule of law in Malta and other EU countries, with a specific focus on corruption and freedom of the press.

“The European Parliament is concerned about the lack of progress in both murder investigations, repeated claims of harassment and intimidation of journalists and persistent allegations of corruption and fraud. The aim of the new monitoring group is to give full support to all efforts to seek justice and make sure the rule of law prevails,” the committee said in a statement.