The EU Council of Ministers this afternoon formally appointed Leo Brincat a member of the European Court of Auditors, ignoring a negative vote by the European Parliament. Mr Brincat had scraped through the grilling of the European Parliament's Budget Committee thanks to the vote by former colleague Alfred Sant but his nomination had then been defeated in a 229-381 vote by the full European Parliament. Despite that vote, the Maltese government stuck to its nomination, and Mr Brincat was given the green light today by the EU Council of Ministers. Mr Brincat served as parliamentary secretary under Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici in 1986-87 and was Minister of Finance under Alfred Sant in the 1996-98 legislature. He was Environment Minster under Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Opposition to his nomination stemmed from his backing for Konrad Mizzi in a parliament vote of confidence called after the Panama Papers revelations. The government had argued that Mr Brincat's nomination should proceed because the negative vote in the EP had nothing to do with his competence. The government had originally nominated PL deputy leader Toni Abela to the post, but he was rejected by the...
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