The European Capital of Culture 2031 Pre-Selection meeting was held in Valletta, Malta on the 3rd and 4th of November 2025, the Valletta Cultural Agency is hereby publishing the list of panel members.

The panel members are:

Suvi Innilä

Csaba Borboly

Tanja Mlaker

Matthias Ripp

Anthony Attard

Hrvoje Laurenta

José Herrera – appointed by the Minister for Culture, Lands and Local Government

Georgina Portelli – appointed by the Minister for Culture, Lands and Local Government

Following the Pre-Selection Meeting, the Pre-Selection report was published on the 15th December 2025 which can be accessed here.