The Malta Independent 11 June 2024, Tuesday
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Robert Abela has ‘learned nothing’ as he blames civil servants for Labour defeat – PN

The Nationalist Party has said that Prime Minister Robert Abela “seems to have learned nothing from the clear message sent by the electorate this past Saturday” after blaming the Labour...

The far right made big gains in European elections. What's next, and why does it matter?

For decades, the European Union — which has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy — confined the nationalist far right to the political fringes. With...

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TMID Editorial: Independent candidates and third parties

The 2024 European Parliament elections saw many noteworthy points. The biggest surprise was the gap between the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party. Pre-election surveys showed this gap to be...

Women candidates at the EP elections: Metsola dominates, the rest lag sorely behind

Sunday’s counting day saw the Nationalist Party’s lead candidate Roberta Metsola smash the previous record for the highest votes ever received by a woman during a European Parliament...

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Pollster says high rate of undecided voters distorted surveys ahead of elections

Pollster Vincent Marmara said that the high rate of undecided voters seemS to have subverted all polls which were published ahead of the European Parliament elections, which had suggested that the...

Joseph Muscat spotted in promo video for ‘Billionaire Dinner Club’

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat featured for a fleeting moment in a promotional video for a ‘Billionaire Dinner Club’ restaurant in the luxurious Porto Cervo on the island of...

Jason Micallef criticises PL’s ‘confused’ response to Vitals inquiry in election post-mortem

Former PL general secretary Jason Micallef criticised the Labour Party’s response to the Vitals inquiry as being “confused” and compared some minister’s social media usage to...

Labour Party victorious in European Parliament election, but majority slashed to 8,454 votes

All is set for the first part of the counting process to start at the Naxxar counting hall....

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