MEPs from the EPP’s Italian delegation submitted a request tot he European Commission asking for clarification that EU funds will not be awarded to people linked to the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder. President Antonio Tajani and nine other MEPs submitted a parliamentary written question to the Comission asking for safeguards to ensure that European funding will not flow to Yorgen Fenech, the man accused of murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Caruana Galizia family argued that EU funds for a Malta-Sicily gas pipeline could benefit Yorgen Fenech as a shareholder in the Electrogas consortium. Matthew Caruana Galizia, the son of the slain journalist, had explained that part of the gas deal was for the Electrogas shareholders, including Fenech, to receive a payout once a gas pipeline is constructed. Last December, European ministers agreed to allow Malta to apply for crucial European funding that will subsidise at least half of a €400 million gas pipeline investment to Sicily.

Source: Libya Today January 04, 2022 15:16 UTC