Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri has been nominated by the government as its second judge in the European Court of Justice.

The nomination follows the agreement in the European Parliament earlier this week for the number of judges at the court to be doubled. As a result, Malta will be getting a second judge.

In the past weeks, the government launched an open and competitive process for all who were interested in the nomination, subject to agreement in the European Parliament.

The evaluation board, presided by former European Court judge Ena Cremona, advised the government to nominate Mr Justice Camilleri as Malta’s candidate.