The European Commission has formally referred Malta to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over a contentious national law that permits the inheritance of port worker licences. This move escalates long-standing concerns in Brussels over what it describes as a restrictive and protectionist employment model—one that may be in breach of several core EU principles, including the right to free movement for workers, the ability to establish a business, and the unrestricted provision of services across member states....

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