MEP Alfred Sant has questioned regulations governing the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) and has called on the European Commission to explain why writers nominated for the prize are automatically disqualified if they have been published by a political party publishing house.
The rules governing the EUPL would, therefore, exclude Maltese writers whose works were published by PIN Publications and SKS Publishers due to their political affiliation.
In a parliamentary question, Sant, who heads the Labour Party's delegation in the European Parliament, stated that the condition excluding writers published by houses owned or affiliated to a political party does not feature in the rules published on the website of the European Union Prize for Literature.