Government of Malta

Offices and people

Claims made by these offices and people on behalf of Government of Malta are counted here too.

Aquaculture Directorate Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Ministry for Public Cleanliness and Regeneration Ministry for the Environment Ministry for Finance Ministry for Gozo Ministry for Health Ministry for Tourism Ministry for Transport Office of the Prime Minister Parliamentary Secretariat for Public Works Public Works Department Public Works Ministry

Claims

Statements over time

Each dot is one claim, placed on the date it was made and coloured by its verdict, with a row for each topic. Where this body returned to a topic, the claims are listed below in date order, so you can see whether a position was repeated, changed or corrected. Read each check for the detail: the dots are not a score.

Topics it returned to

• Climate & Energy
  1. December 2024 CC-024 Renewables target for 2030 (Not substantiated)
  2. 6 May 2025 CC-022 'Lowest electricity burden in the EU' (Largely supported)
  3. 22 July 2025 CC-029 First offshore wind farm (Largely supported)
  4. 21 October 2025 CC-032 Solar flowers, first in Europe (Contradicted)
  5. 13 November 2025 CC-003 Per-capita emissions vs 2030 projection (Misleading)
  6. November 2025 CC-025 Per-capita emissions down 44% since 2005 (Largely supported)
  7. 21 July 2026 CC-027 Power cuts: heat, not generation (not yet checked)
  8. 25 September 2026 CC-031 Gozo, first climate-neutral region (Largely supported)
  9. 30 September 2026 CC-095 EUR 400m to keep bills low (Not substantiated)
• Planning & Housing
  1. May 2024 CC-068 Marsaskala marina shelved (not yet checked)
  2. 2025 CC-060 7,000 first-time buyers helped (not yet checked)
  3. 27 October 2025 CC-017 Land reclamation outside the Freeport (Not substantiated)
  4. 27 October 2025 CC-061 260 homes 30% below market (not yet checked)
  5. February 2026 CC-064 Grand Harbour regeneration (not yet checked)
• Transport
  1. 2025 CC-072 EUR 15m to take cars off the road (not yet checked)
  2. 23 April 2026 CC-077 Metro: first section early 2030s (not yet checked)
  3. 2026 CC-069 82 million bus trips (not yet checked)
  4. 2026 CC-078 Gozo Channel: +511,000 passengers (not yet checked)
• Water
  1. 2024 CC-041 Sewage plants compliant by 2026 (not yet checked)
  2. 4 July 2025 CC-044 2,400 tonnes from storm tunnels (not yet checked)
  3. 4 July 2025 CC-045 Do 20 km of tunnels manage flooding? (Not substantiated)
  4. 2026 CC-043 13 Blue Flag beaches (not yet checked)
• Land & Trees
  1. 31 December 2024 CC-010 Tree-planting counts (Largely supported)
  2. September 2025 CC-012 Ta' Qali gravel and grass (Contradicted)
  3. 13 May 2026 CC-055 Manoel Island back to the public (Supported)
• Nature & Wildlife
  1. 2025 CC-051 'Over 30% of our seas protected' (Misleading)
  2. 9 July 2025 CC-048 Sea urchins recovering (not yet checked)
  3. 30 March 2026 CC-006 Spring hunting derogation (Not substantiated)
• Tourism & Population
  1. 14 April 2025 CC-086 Comino kiosks tendered from 2026 (pledge: Missed)
  2. 2025 CC-087 177 illegal short lets (not yet checked)
  3. 12 February 2026 CC-083 Record tourism, 'future-proofed' (not yet checked)
• Health & Safety
  1. 13 August 2026 CC-090 20 heat-linked deaths (not yet checked)
  2. 26 August 2026 CC-103 Heat-death locations "within three months" (not yet checked)

Not dated yet: CC-021 (not yet checked), CC-023 (not yet checked), CC-054 (not yet checked), CC-073 (not yet checked), CC-096 (not yet checked).

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What the claims are about

Topics

Climate & Energy 10Transport 6Planning & Housing 5Nature & Wildlife 4Land & Trees 4Water 4Tourism & Population 3Health & Safety 2Waste 1Air 1

Pattern tags

Promise-without-baseline 7Selective metric 3Input-as-outcome 3Conditional-turned-unconditional 2

Linked bodies

Bodies are linked when they are named in the same claim, or when their claims share a theme (a cause, a mechanism, a target or a way of presenting figures). A link says the claims are worth reading together; it does not say the bodies agree, disagree or act together.

• Infrastructure Malta

  Named in the same claim: CC-016 Shore-to-ship: 90% less harbour pollution (Misleading), CC-021 Malta-Gozo tunnel traffic (not yet checked).

  Shares Sealed soil and concrete: CC-012 (Contradicted) with CC-008 (Not substantiated).

  Shares Replanting as currency: CC-010 (Largely supported) with CC-008 (Not substantiated).

  Shares Transport, air and climate: CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-008 (Not substantiated); CC-016 (Misleading) with CC-008 (Not substantiated); CC-021 (not yet checked) with CC-008 (Not substantiated); CC-069 (not yet checked) with CC-008 (Not substantiated); CC-072 (not yet checked) with CC-008 (Not substantiated).

  Shares Waste and construction: CC-004 (Not substantiated) with CC-008 (Not substantiated); CC-017 (Not substantiated) with CC-008 (Not substantiated).

• European Commission

  Shares Shared emissions figures: CC-031 (Largely supported) with CC-109 (Largely supported).

  Shares Water chain: farm waste, sewage, sea, aquifer: CC-041 (not yet checked) with CC-005 (Supported); CC-043 (not yet checked) with CC-005 (Supported).

  Shares Transport, air and climate: CC-072 (not yet checked) with CC-109 (Largely supported); CC-072 (not yet checked) with CC-110 (Supported).

  Shares Waste and construction: CC-004 (Not substantiated) with CC-111 (Supported); CC-004 (Not substantiated) with CC-117 (not yet checked).

  Shares 2030 carbon target: CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-094 (Supported); CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-109 (Largely supported).

• Partit Nazzjonalista (Nationalist Party)

  Named in the same claim: CC-012 Ta' Qali gravel and grass (Contradicted).

  Shares Net-zero Gozo: CC-031 (Largely supported) with CC-092 (pledge: Not measurable); CC-031 (Largely supported) with CC-107 (pledge: Not measurable).

  Shares Energy supply security: CC-023 (not yet checked) with CC-126 (not yet checked); CC-027 (not yet checked) with CC-126 (not yet checked).

  Shares Selective-metric pattern: CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-114 (Misleading); CC-025 (Largely supported) with CC-114 (Misleading).

  Shares 2030 carbon target: CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-114 (Misleading); CC-025 (Largely supported) with CC-114 (Misleading).

• Environment and Resources Authority (ERA)

  Named in the same claim: CC-051 'Over 30% of our seas protected' (Misleading).

  Shares Sealed soil and concrete: CC-012 (Contradicted) with CC-002 (Largely supported).

  Shares Replanting as currency: CC-010 (Largely supported) with CC-002 (Largely supported); CC-010 (Largely supported) with CC-057 (not yet checked).

  Shares Waste and construction: CC-004 (Not substantiated) with CC-002 (Largely supported); CC-017 (Not substantiated) with CC-002 (Largely supported).

• Newsbook

  Shares Shared emissions figures: CC-031 (Largely supported) with CC-026 (Largely supported).

  Shares Transport, air and climate: CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-007 (Largely supported); CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-026 (Largely supported); CC-016 (Misleading) with CC-007 (Largely supported); CC-021 (not yet checked) with CC-007 (Largely supported).

  Shares Selective-metric pattern: CC-003 (Misleading) with CC-007 (Largely supported); CC-004 (Not substantiated) with CC-007 (Largely supported); CC-010 (Largely supported) with CC-007 (Largely supported); CC-025 (Largely supported) with CC-026 (Largely supported).

• Interconnect Malta

  Named in the same claim: CC-023 Second interconnector by 2026 (not yet checked), CC-029 First offshore wind farm (Largely supported).

• Planning Authority

  Named in the same claim: CC-068 Marsaskala marina shelved (not yet checked).

  Shares Planning, housing and land take: CC-017 (Not substantiated) with CC-013 (Largely supported); CC-017 (Not substantiated) with CC-014 (Misleading); CC-060 (not yet checked) with CC-013 (Largely supported).

• Project Green

  Named in the same claim: CC-010 Tree-planting counts (Largely supported), CC-054 Project Green: 100,000 m2 a year (not yet checked).