Chris Fearne has left the door open to becoming an EU Commission nominee again, saying the decision is “up to the prime minister.”
Fearne resigned as deputy prime minister and withdrew his nomination as Malta’s next EU commissioner last May after prosecutors filed fraud charges against him over a deal to privatise three state hospitals.
He resigned despite Prime Minister Robert Abela’s public plea for him to stay in office.
As he emerged from another court hearing on Tuesday, the former DPM was asked if he still wanted to be Malta’s EU commissioner if he cleared his name in court.
“It’s…
