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Commissioner on the Move

European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has put some traveling under his belt in the past several weeks. McCreevy and the European Commission have steadfastly pursued the EU member-states continuing to operate online casino gambling monopolies. Just last week McCreevy met with the a representative for the Greek government to discuss the opening of the Greek gambling market – the meeting proved successful and media reports indicate Greek is on its way to compliance with EU free trade and movement policies. After his meeting with the Greek Minister, McCreevy ventured over the Malta, one of the top licensing jurisdictions in the global online casinos industry.

McCreevy’s visit served to further assure the country’s online casino gambling companies that the European Commission is making strides in the opening of the EU market. Malta has some of the most stringent internet gambling licensing regulations in the world, and online casinos operating out of Malta number among some of the safest sites on the Web. McCreevy commended the Malta Gaming Authority for it’s standards and continued professionalism…especially considering many Maltese gaming sites are affected by the ongoing European monopolies.

The Maltese Finance Minister, Tonio Fenech, commented on the continued presence of the online casino gambling monopolies. "Some member states are raising moral issues, but this is clearly a protectionist approach to allow monopolies and limit competition.” Commissioner McCreevy’s visit to the island highlighted the fact that the Commission is making every effort to end these monopolies quickly and instead foster a non-discriminatory European online gambling industry. Malta is pressuring the Commission to make good on recent threats to report the countries violating EU policies to the European Court of Justice, but at this point the Commissioner has only used the threats as a tactic to force nations into negotiations with the Commission.