The Nationalist Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta,along with the Labour Party.
The Labour Party,formerly known as the Malta Labour Party,is one of the two major political parties in Malta,along with the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
Simon Busuttil is the Secretary General of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Formerly,he was Leader of the Opposition. and Leader of the Nationalist Party in Malta and a Member of the European Parliament for Malta.
Paul Borg Olivier OMC,OSI,is a Maltese politician,former mayor of the Maltese capital city Valletta and Secretary-General of the Nationalist Party.
Abortion in Malta is illegal except in cases where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk. Until 2023,it was illegal without exception. Malta has the most restrictive laws regarding abortion in Europe with the law in Malta held to be influenced by Roman Catholic Christianity,which formed part of the identity of 82% of the population according to the 2021 census.
Roberta Metsola is a Maltese politician who has served as the president of the European Parliament since January 2022. She is a member of Malta's Nationalist Party (PN) and the European People's Party (EPP).
Alex Perici Calascione is a Maltese politician and lawyer who currently serves as the deputy leader of the Nationalist Party (PN). He previously served as President of the party's Executive Committee until 2020,and as party treasurer until 2017.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Malta since 1 September 2017 following the passage of legislation in the Parliament on 12 July 2017. The bill was signed into law by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca on 1 August 2017. On 25 August 2017,the Minister for Equality,Helena Dalli,issued a legal notice to commence the law on 1 September. Malta was the first European microstate,the 21st country in the world and the thirteenth in Europe to allow same-sex couples to marry nationwide. In 2024,Malta was named one of the best marriage destinations for same-sex couples by a British wedding planning website,and polling suggests that a majority of Maltese people support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
General elections were held in Malta on Saturday,3 June 2017 to elect all members of the House of Representatives. The elections were contested by the Labour Party,led by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat,the Nationalist Party,led by opposition leader Simon Busuttil,and four other parties,making it the elections with most parties participating since 1962.
The 2014 European Parliament election in Malta elected Malta's delegation to the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. This was the third such election held in Malta. The elections were held on Saturday,24 May 2014.
Jason Azzopardi is a Maltese politician and lawyer. He graduated as Doctor of Laws with a master's degree in financial services from the University of Malta in 1996 and that year he started practicing as a private criminal lawyer in the courts of Malta.
General elections were held in Malta on 26 March 2022 to elect all members of the House of Representatives.
Adrian Delia,is a Maltese politician,and lawyer by profession. He is the former leader of the Nationalist Party from September 2017 till October 2020.
The 2024 European Parliament election was held in Malta on 8 June 2024 in tandem with local elections. It was the fifth election to the European Parliament. Malta will elect 6 of the 720 Members of the European Parliament. EU citizens aged 16 and over were entitled to vote,provided they have registered to do so. Six different political parties had announced their participation,only 2 of these won seats in the last election those being the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party,with 4 and 2 seats respectively.
Bernard Grech is a Maltese politician and lawyer who has been the leader of the Nationalist Party and the Leader of the Opposition since 2020.
Karol Aquilina is a Maltese politician and lawyer currently serving as a Member of Parliament.
Claudio Grech is a Maltese politician with the Nationalist Party.
Rebekah Borg is a Maltese Politician and Engineer,currently serving as the Shadow Minister for the Environment. She previously served as the Shadow Minister for Lands and Consumer Rights. She also serves as a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Malta.
Darren Carabott is a Maltese politician serving as a Member of Parliament and as the President of Public Accounts Committee in the Parliament of Malta since March 2022.
Alex Borg is a lawyer and Maltese Member of Parliament. In April 2022,he was appointed shadow minister for Gozo.
