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"Malta is the only state in the EU where divorce is not possible. In Europe there are only three states where divorce is not achievable: the Vatican, Andorra and Malta.
Malta, however, allowed the registration of a divorce obtained elsewhere provided the person was either a national or domiciled in the country where the divorce was given.
By virtue of Brussels II (Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003), a person can now obtain a divorce if he is a national of any Member State and has been habitually living there for six months. Any other person can file for divorce if that person has been habitually resident in the Member State for a continuous period of one year immediately preceding filing for divorce.
It is commendable that a new article in cases where states do not have divorce laws, as in the case of Malta, has been taken into consideration.
In Malta we have already recognised divorce through the system of registration in cases where the appropriate regulations apply; it is not a question of adopting the principle of divorce as this is already in force in certain circumstances. The issue is whether divorce should form a specific part of our legal system even when these special circumstances do not apply."@en1
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