EU law implementation stalling at national level

Member states are still failing to implement EU rules designed to regulate the internal market.

The latest scoreboard shows Malta is the worst offender with 617 directives still waiting to be written into national law.

The Czech Republic, Latvia and Cyprus are also lagging behind with 360, 290 and 276 directives pending.

At the other end of the scale, Lithuania has only 12 directives on its waiting list while Poland and Slovenia weigh in with less than 100, 60 and 87 directi...