After studies in Italy, Vassalli returned to Malta and to a new phase of political involvement. We can picture this young man bursting with revolutionary ideas, returning to Malta and witnessing the disorder of the final years of the Hospitallers, overwhelmed by financial problems, by divisions running deeply within it and, worst of all, by the backwardness.
After completing his studies abroad, Vassalli revisited Malta for an active role in politics. Imagine this youthful individual brimming with revolutionary notions, upon returning to Malta amidst disorder, grappling with financial hardships, deep-seated divisions within the Hospitallers, and worst of all, a state of backwardness.