Relationship dossier
Austria
Malta
Relationship assessment
Austria and Malta maintain cooperative relations, including a bilateral tax convention and cooperation within the EU.
Austria toward Malta
+15Austria concluded a bilateral convention with Malta to prevent double taxation, establishing a framework for tax cooperation.
Malta toward Austria
+15Malta concluded a bilateral convention with Austria to prevent double taxation, establishing a framework for tax cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is shaped by EU cooperation and a bilateral convention addressing double taxation. These durable cooperative frameworks support a positive assessment, while the wider range and intensity of bilateral initiatives are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Austria and Malta cooperate within the European Union, and their governments have concluded a bilateral convention to prevent double taxation. These provide concrete grounds for a cooperative assessment, though the scope of other bilateral initiatives and their implementation is unclear.
Key developments
Austria and Malta concluded a bilateral convention to prevent double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and practical implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the tax convention are unclear.
- Details of recent bilateral government initiatives are limited.