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Malta’s Chris Fearne looks out of the running as EU commissioner after court decision
The scandal forced Fearne to resign as deputy prime minister and withdraw his candidacy to become Malta’s next European commissioner — even though he repeatedly maintained his innocence. He was the frontrunner to succeed Stella Kyriakides as health …