The Prime Minister is set to nominate Labour MP Edward Zammit Lewis to serve as judge on the General Court of the EU, according to senior government sources.

Zammit Lewis will be filling in the post vacated by Ramona Frendo, who will now serve as judge on the European Court of Justice.

Zammit Lewis served as justice minister until February 2022 when parliament was dissolved. He had been instrumental in implementing several recommendations for constitutional and judicial reform made by the Venice Commission.

However, he was omitted from Cabinet after the election held in March 2022, which…