马耳他绿党在议会中失去了对性别均衡机制的法院质疑。 Maltese Green Party loses court challenge against gender-balancing mechanism in parliament.

马耳他绿党败诉了一个法院案例,质疑该国旨在促进两性均等的议会性别平衡机制。 The Maltese Green Party lost a court case challenging the country's gender-balancing mechanism in parliament, which aims to promote gender parity. 法院裁定该机制符合宪法,不具歧视性。 The court ruled the mechanism is constitutional and not discriminatory. 绿党计划对该决定提出上诉,并可将案件提交欧洲人权法院。 The Green Party plans to appeal the decision and may take the case to the European Court of Human Rights. 该党认为,这一制度有利于两个主要政党的候选人,忽视了像他们自己这样的小政党。 The party argues the system favors candidates from the two main parties and overlooks smaller parties like their own.