Case C-896/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Prim’Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili — Ġurisdizzjoni Kostituzzjonali — Malta) — Repubblika v Il-Prim Ministru (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 2 TEU — Values of the European Union — Rule of law — Article 49 TEU — Accession to the European Union — No reduction in the level of protection of the values of the European Union — Effective judicial protection — Article 19 TEU — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Scope — Independence of the members of the judiciary of a Member State — Appointments procedure — Power of the Prime Minister — Involvement of a judicial appointments committee)