The Maltese minister for foreign affairs has said the last batch of politicians elected to the European Parliament did not listen to voters, which in part brought on the 2016 Brexit vote. “It makes you realise that when you talk about Brexit, it’s not just a political thing,” he said. Mr Abela said that much like Ireland, Malta was opposed to any move towards qualified majority voting on tax matters at EU level. “If this happens, and if large member states would like to push this forward and make it happen, then the small member states will lose their relevance. We don’t think this should happen in a union of member states,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times February 20, 2019 20:48 UTC