The government has launched a selection process to fill a new post of Maltese judge at the European Court of Justice in Luxemberg.
At present, each EU member state nominates one judge to the court. But the plan is to double the number of judges in order to cater for the backlog of cases and improve the court’s efficiency.
The post will come with a salary of €220,000 a year.
The government has issued a public call inviting applicants with “experience of legal practice within the national legal system” and with a “good operational level of French, Maltese and English” to express their intention of forming part of the European bench.
The process is similar to the one used by the previous administration for the selection of judges to the EU institutions.