Maltese Europeans in 2017
The 2016 Eurobarometer 84 report shows Malta expressing confidence in the different EU institutions with a margin of 50% – 55%; some of the highest in all the member states, with 93% saying they were happy. However, the Maltese relationship with the EU has always been split starting from the initial application for Malta’s accession in 1990 by the Nationalist government, which was subsequently frozen in 1996 when the Labour party took office.