Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner, has travelled for some weeks. The European Commission and McCreevy have pursued the member-nations of the EU which have state-run casino gambling monopolies. Recently McCreevy had a discussion with a representative for Greece about the Greek gambling market opening. The meeting seemed to be a success. Greece is said to be on its way to meet the EU requirements of free trade and movement policies. After this meeting McCreevy went to Malta, one of the leading licensing jurisdictions in the international online casinos industry.

During this visit McCreevy assured the online gambling companies of the country that the European Commission has moved a lot in their attempts to open up the EU market. Malta has the strictest online gambling licensing regulations in the world, so the online casinos that operate out of Malta are among the safest sites on the Internet. McCreevy praised the Malta Gaming Authority for its standards and professionalism, especially taking into consideration that a lot of Maltese gaming sites face the ongoing monopolies in Europe.

Tonio Fenech, the Finance Minister of Malta, gave his comments on the presence of the internet-based casino gambling monopolies, he said that it is a protectionist approach to permit monopolies and limit competition. McCreevy’s visit to Malta emphasized that the Commission is doing everything to end the monopolies as quickly as possible and promote a non-discriminatory online casino gambling industry in Europe. Malta is forcing the European Commission to make good on latest threats in order to report the EU member countries violating policies to the ECJ.