Zminijietna, the left-wing think tank, has expressed its opposition to the government’s decision to reactivate Malta’s application to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace project, desribing the move as “rash, undemocratic and contrary to the spirit of neutrality.”
“This decision is even more anti-democratic because it was not mentioned in the electoral programme of the Nationalist Party. The government should have shown more respect to the Maltese people, especially when neutrality is enshrined in Malta’s constitution,” spokesperson Michael Briguglio said.
“The Partnership for Peace is a branch and structure of NATO, whose aggressiveness was shown in recent cases such as Yugoslavia, and which, in the last instance, acts for imperialist interests rather than world peace and social justice. Partnership for Peace Member states are obliged to send their national military planning, programmes and budgets to NATO, which will thus have more geo-political influence. NATO will have more influence on Malta, thus going against Malta’s constitutional neutrality.”
Today, the eurosceptic Campaign for National Independence will be declaring its stance on the decision for Malta to reactivate the application for the Partnership for Peace.