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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ideology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Ideology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ideology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Organization</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Organization-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Organization subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Leaders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Prime_Ministers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prime_Ministers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Prime Ministers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prime_Ministers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Structure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_holdings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_holdings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Media holdings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_holdings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Party_splits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Party_splits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Party splits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Party_splits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Election_results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Election_results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Election results</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Election_results-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Election results subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Election_results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-House_of_Representatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#House_of_Representatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>House of Representatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-House_of_Representatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>European Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliyy%C9%99t%C3%A7i_Partiyas%C4%B1_(Malta)" title="Milliyyətçi Partiyası (Malta) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Milliyyətçi Partiyası (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F%D2%BB%D1%8B" title="Мальта милли партияһы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Мальта милли партияһы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F_(%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Нацыяналістычная партыя (Мальта) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нацыяналістычная партыя (Мальта)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F_(%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Нацыяналістычная партыя (Мальта) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Нацыяналістычная партыя (Мальта)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Националистическа партия (Малта) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Националистическа партия (Малта)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit_Nacionalista_(Malta)" title="Partit Nacionalista (Malta) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Partit Nacionalista (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionalistick%C3%A1_strana_(Malta)" title="Nacionalistická strana (Malta) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nacionalistická strana (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista" title="Partit Nazzjonalista – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Partit Nazzjonalista" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista" title="Partit Nazzjonalista – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Partit Nazzjonalista" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1_(%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B1)" title="Εθνικιστικό Κόμμα (Μάλτα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνικιστικό Κόμμα (Μάλτα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Nacionalista_(Malta)" title="Partido Nacionalista (Malta) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Partido Nacionalista (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderdi_Nazionalista_(Malta)" title="Alderdi Nazionalista (Malta) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alderdi Nazionalista (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_nationaliste_(Malte)" title="Parti nationaliste (Malte) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Parti nationaliste (Malte)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1irt%C3%AD_N%C3%A1isi%C3%BAnach_(M%C3%A1lta)" title="Páirtí Náisiúnach (Málta) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Páirtí Náisiúnach (Málta)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AD%EB%AF%BC%EB%8B%B9_(%EB%AA%B0%ED%83%80)" title="국민당 (몰타) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="국민당 (몰타)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partito_Nazionalista_(Malta)" title="Partito Nazionalista (Malta) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Partito Nazionalista (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA_(%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94)" title="המפלגה הלאומית (מלטה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המפלגה הלאומית (מלטה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90)" title="ნაციონალისტური პარტია (მალტა) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნაციონალისტური პარტია (მალტა)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltas_Nacion%C4%81listk%C4%81_partija" title="Maltas Nacionālistkā partija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Maltas Nacionālistkā partija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemzeti_P%C3%A1rt_(M%C3%A1lta)" title="Nemzeti Párt (Málta) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nemzeti Párt (Málta)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista_(Malta)" title="Partit Nazzjonalista (Malta) – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Partit Nazzjonalista (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Nasionalis_(Malta)" title="Parti Nasionalis (Malta) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Parti Nasionalis (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista" title="Partit Nazzjonalista – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Partit Nazzjonalista" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista" title="Partit Nazzjonalista – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Partit Nazzjonalista" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partia_Narodowa_(Malta)" title="Partia Narodowa (Malta) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Partia Narodowa (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Nacionalista_(Malta)" title="Partido Nacionalista (Malta) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Partido Nacionalista (Malta)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;"><div style="padding-top:0.3em; padding-bottom:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #5087B2; border-bottom:2px solid #5087B2; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org">Nationalist Party</div> <div style="font-size: 0.8em; padding-top:0.3em;" class="nickname" lang="mlt"><span title="Maltese-language text"><i lang="mt">Partit Nazzjonalista</i></span></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Nationalist_Party_(Malta).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Logo_of_the_Nationalist_Party_%28Malta%29.svg/140px-Logo_of_the_Nationalist_Party_%28Malta%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="162" class="mw-file-element" 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Calascione</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Fortunato_Mizzi" title="Fortunato Mizzi">Fortunato Mizzi</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1926<span class="noprint">; 99 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1926</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Merger of</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Maltese_Political_Union" title="Maltese Political Union">Maltese Political Union</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Nationalist_Party_(Malta,_1921%E2%80%9326)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1921–26)">Democratic Nationalist Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Id-Dar Ċentrali,<br />Triq <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ganado" title="Herbert Ganado">Herbert Ganado</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Piet%C3%A0,_Malta" title="Pietà, Malta">Pietà</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i><a href="/wiki/In-Nazzjon" title="In-Nazzjon">In-Nazzjon</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">MŻPN</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political 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category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Democracy_Union" title="International Democracy Union">International Democracy Union</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Centrist_Democrat_International" title="Centrist Democrat International">Centrist Democrat International</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 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#5087B2; color:inherit; width: 44%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 50%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Mayors of localities</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">24 / 68</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Local council seats</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">208 / 462</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 45%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Party flag</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Nationalist Party"><img alt="Flag of the Nationalist Party" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg/400px-Flag_of_the_Nationalist_Party_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="230" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pn.org.mt/">pn<wbr />.org<wbr />.mt</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #5087B2;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Malta" title="Politics of Malta">Politics of Malta</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Malta" title="List of political parties in Malta">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Malta" title="Elections in Malta">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nationalist Party</b> (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Partit Nazzjonalista</i>, <b>PN</b>) is one of the two major contemporary <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Malta" title="List of political parties in Malta">political parties</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">Labour Party</a>. </p><p>It is a <a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democratic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Nordsieck_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nordsieck-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Slomp2011_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slomp2011-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a> political party,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has been also described as <a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">centrist</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">centre-right</a> on the political spectrum.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is supportive of Malta's membership in the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is currently in opposition to the Labour Party. Since independence in 1964, the Nationalist Party has won six out of the thirteen general elections, in 1966, 1987, 1992, 1998 and 2003. In 2008 it won with a paper-thin majority of around 1500 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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(August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Against the Anti-Reform Party stood the Reform Party, founded by <a href="/wiki/Sigismondo_Savona" title="Sigismondo Savona">Sigismondo Savona</a> in 1879. The Reform Party was in favour of the language reforms being imposed.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1886, Fortunato Mizzi, together with <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Strickland" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald Strickland">Gerald Strickland</a> (another anti-reformist at the time), went to London to demand a new constitution for the islands, which would give them <a href="/wiki/Representative_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Representative government">representative government</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This constitution was granted in 1887 (known as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Knutsford_Constitution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knutsford Constitution (page does not exist)">Knutsford Constitution</a>), and added more elected members to the council of government than official (appointed) members.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the next few years, the party was divided between abstentionists and anti-abstentionists.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The abstentionists would immediately resign their post in the Council of Government immediately upon election as a protest against the token representation of the electorate on the council; the anti-abstentionists favoured co-operation with the colonial authorities in order to work for a better <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>This practice of abstentionism led to the 1887 constitution being withdrawn, and in 1903, a new one was given instead, similar to that of 1887.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interwar_period_(1918–39)"><span id="Interwar_period_.281918.E2.80.9339.29"></span>Interwar period (1918–39)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Interwar period (1918–39)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg/220px-1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg/330px-1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg/440px-1930_elections_in_Malta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>Tri-lingual voting document for the later cancelled 1930 elections in Malta</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the First World War a broader and more moderate coalition, the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Political_Union" title="Maltese Political Union">Maltese Political Union</a> (UPM), was formed but a more radical and pro-Italian group, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Nationalist_Party_(Malta,_1921%E2%80%931926)" title="Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1921–1926)">Democratic Nationalist Party</a> (PDN), split from the main party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The two groups contested the first legislative elections of 1921 but in separate constituencies so as not to damage each other's chances. However, after elections the UPM, which emerged as the largest Party in the Legislative Assembly, chose <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">Labour</a> as its coalition partner.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The parties again contested the 1924 elections separately although this time they did form a coalition, eventually merging in 1926 under the old name of Nationalist Party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It lost its first elections as a re-unified Party in 1927 to the "Compact", an electoral alliance between the Constitutional Party and Labour.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A constitutional crisis, resulting from a dispute between the Church and the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Party_(Malta)" title="Constitutional Party (Malta)">Constitutional Party</a>, meant that elections were suspended in 1930.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They were held again in 1932 when the Nationalists emerged victorious (21 seats out of 32). However, the Nationalists did not last long in government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The colonial authorities, concerned at the rise of <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascist</a> Italy in the Mediterranean and Africa, suspended the government and the constitution on the pretext that government's measures to strengthen instruction of Italian in schools violated the Constitution.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The party openly sided with General <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Franco" title="Francisco Franco">Franco</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_faction_(Spanish_Civil_War)" title="Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)">Nationalist army</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is still seen by the historical iconography that stayed on the party, including the proto-Fascist imagery of the party logo is a shield set against a black background (black being the heraldic colour chosen by <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Mussolini</a>, as evidenced by his "<a href="/wiki/Blackshirts" title="Blackshirts">Blackshirts</a>"), the PN's official anthem, which is still sung during mass meetings, being similar to the official anthem of Mussolini's Fascist party, "<a href="/wiki/Giovinezza" title="Giovinezza">La Giovinezza</a>", and also the name of the party itself, which in itself includes the term <i>nazionale</i> for the first time, which was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Italian_nationalism" title="Italian nationalism">Italian nationalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (April 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Second_World_War_and_postwar_period_(1939–64)"><span id="The_Second_World_War_and_postwar_period_.281939.E2.80.9364.29"></span>The Second World War and postwar period (1939–64)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Second World War and postwar period (1939–64)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nationalists received what could have been their coup de grâce during the War. Their association with Italy, the wartime enemy, antagonised them with the electorate, and their leader <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico Mizzi</a> (son of Fortunato) was first interned and then exiled to <a href="/wiki/Protectorate_of_Uganda" title="Protectorate of Uganda">Uganda</a> during the War along with other supporters of the Party.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Party did not even contest the 1945 elections for the Council of Government which for the first time raised the Labour Party from <a href="/wiki/Third_party_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (politics)">third-party</a> status to that of a major party at the expense of the Constitutionals.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Notwithstanding, the Nationalist Party survived and in its first major electoral test, the <a href="/wiki/1947_Maltese_general_election" title="1947 Maltese general election">legislative elections of 1947</a>, it managed to stay ahead of various splinters that had formed from people who did not want to be associated with the main party. In the following <a href="/wiki/1950_Maltese_general_election" title="1950 Maltese general election">1950 elections</a>, a very damaging split occurred in the ranks of the governing Labour Party resulting in two parties: the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta Labour Party">Malta Labour Party</a> (MLP) and the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Workers%27_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta Workers' Party">Malta Workers' Party</a> (MWP). This helped the Nationalists become the largest party in the Legislative Assembly and form a minority government which, though short-lived, re-established the Nationalist Party as a major political party. <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico Mizzi</a> was sworn in as Prime Minister, but died after three months in December.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two subsequent elections were held in 1951 and 1953 where the Nationalists formed short-lived coalitions with the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Workers_Party" title="Malta Workers Party">Malta Workers Party</a> (which, over the years, eventually disintegrated). The Party lost the <a href="/wiki/1955_Maltese_general_election" title="1955 Maltese general election">1955 elections</a> to Labour and the following years it led the campaign against the Labour Government's proposal for <a href="/wiki/History_of_Malta#From_home_rule_to_independence" title="History of Malta">integration with Britain</a>. Integration failed largely because Britain lost interest after the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez fiasco</a> and the constitution was again revoked in 1958 following massive disturbances over redundancies at the Malta Drydocks.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-independence_(1964–2013)"><span id="Post-independence_.281964.E2.80.932013.29"></span>Post-independence (1964–2013)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-independence (1964–2013)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Strait_street,_Valletta,_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Strait_street%2C_Valletta%2C_1980.jpg/220px-Strait_street%2C_Valletta%2C_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Strait_street%2C_Valletta%2C_1980.jpg/330px-Strait_street%2C_Valletta%2C_1980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Strait_street%2C_Valletta%2C_1980.jpg/440px-Strait_street%2C_Valletta%2C_1980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="781" /></a><figcaption>"Vote PN" graffiti in Strait street, Valletta, 1980</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg/220px-Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg/330px-Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg/440px-Malta_-_Marsaxlokk_-_Triq_iz-Zejtun_-_Pjazza_l-Madonna_ta%27_Pompei_08_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Nationalist Party club in the square of <a href="/wiki/Marsaxlokk" title="Marsaxlokk">Marsaxlokk</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A new constitution was enacted in 1961. The Nationalists, led by <a href="/wiki/George_Borg_Olivier" title="George Borg Olivier">George Borg Olivier</a> won the 1962 elections, fought largely over the issue of independence and having as a backdrop a second politico-religious crisis this time between the Church and the Labour Party. Independence was achieved in 1964 and the Party was returned to office in elections in 1966. It lost the 1971 elections by a narrow margin and lost again in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the elections of 1981 the party, led by <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Fenech_Adami" title="Eddie Fenech Adami">Eddie Fenech Adami</a> achieved an absolute majority of votes for the first time since 1933 but it did not gain a parliamentary majority and so remained in the opposition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A crisis followed with the party MPs refusing to take their seats. Amendments to the constitution in 1987 meant that the party was voted into office that same year after 16 years in opposition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1990 the government formally applied to join the <a href="/wiki/European_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Community">European Community</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A wide-ranging programme of liberalisation and public investments meant the return to office with a larger majority in 1992.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, the party was defeated in the 1996 elections.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The stint in opposition would last only 22 months as the government soon lost its one-seat majority. The party won the 1998 elections convincingly, a feat that was repeated in 2003 following the conclusions of accession negotiations with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> in 2002. </p><p>The Nationalist Party proposed Malta's accession to the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, a question which was put forward in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Maltese_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2003 Maltese European Union membership referendum">2003 Maltese European Union membership referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those in favour were 53% of eligible voters, a result that prompted the <a href="/wiki/2003_Maltese_general_election" title="2003 Maltese general election">2003 snap election</a> in order to confirm the mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malta <a href="/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2004 enlargement of the European Union">joined</a> the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nationalist Party won narrowly the <a href="/wiki/2008_Maltese_general_election" title="2008 Maltese general election">general election of 2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lost the <a href="/wiki/2013_Maltese_general_election" title="2013 Maltese general election">2013 election</a> and is currently in opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_period_(since_2013)"><span id="Opposition_period_.28since_2013.29"></span>Opposition period (since 2013)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Opposition period (since 2013)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the most recent Nationalist government, led by <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Gonzi" title="Lawrence Gonzi">Lawrence Gonzi</a>, lost its majority in parliament in the final year of the legislature, the same government fell when the budget vote (also a vote of confidence) was defeated, thus meaning it was the first Nationalist government since Independence to fall from power.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After approximately 23 years in government (With Labour's short 2-year stint between 1996 and 1998 being in between two stints of PN governance) the Nationalist Party took a major defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Maltese_general_election" title="2013 Maltese general election">Maltese general elections of 2013</a>, losing several districts and resulting in a nine-seat deficit in parliament between it as the opposition and the elected Government. the win is considered to have been the biggest victory any party has had since Malta's Independence with the opposing Labour party taking 55% of the votes with a difference of 35,000 votes between the two parties.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nationalist Party again suffered a loss in the <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2014 European Parliament election in Malta">European Parliament election of 2014</a> against the governing Labour Party by over 34,000 votes,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but managed to elect its third MEP for the first time since Malta's entrance in the EU, namely <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Metsola" title="Roberta Metsola">Roberta Metsola</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Casa" title="David Casa">David Casa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Therese_Comodini_Cachia" title="Therese Comodini Cachia">Therese Comodini Cachia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2015 local council elections, the Nationalist Party increased its vote percentage from 41% in 2012 to 45%.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the lead-up to the <a href="/wiki/2017_Maltese_general_election" title="2017 Maltese general election">2017 general election</a> the Nationalist Party negotiated for a coalition with two never-elected <a href="/wiki/Third_party_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (politics)">third parties</a> in Malta, all under the campaign <a href="/wiki/Forza_Nazzjonali" title="Forza Nazzjonali">Forza Nazzjonali</a>: the newly formed centre-left <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Malta)" title="Democratic Party (Malta)">Democratic Party</a> (PD) and the green <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alternative_(Malta)" title="Democratic Alternative (Malta)">Democratic Alternative</a> (AD). Under an agreement reached with PD leader and former Labour and Nationalist MP <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Farrugia" title="Marlene Farrugia">Marlene Farrugia</a>, PD candidates contested the 2017 general election under the Nationalist banner with the added notation "tal-orange" (referring to the PD's party colour) and any elected PD members would participate in a future Nationalist-led government.<sup id="cite_ref-pd-pn_coalition_final_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pd-pn_coalition_final-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Negotiations with the AD were unsuccessful due to the AD wanting all three parties to run candidates under a new name, Qawsalla ("Rainbow"), with unified policy platforms rather than simply as Nationalists with an added notation.<sup id="cite_ref-pn-ad_coalition_times_1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pn-ad_coalition_times_1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Party formed a coalition list called Forza Nazzjonali together with the Democratic Party. Nevertheless, this was not successful and the party, under Forza Nazzjonali, was defeated again in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Maltese_general_election" title="2017 Maltese general election">2017 snap election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the election, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Busuttil" title="Simon Busuttil">Simon Busuttil</a> resigned from the position of leader of the party alongside the deputy leaders of his administration.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new election for the leadership role was decided in which for the first time, paid PN supporters can vote as well as the executive. The four candidates in the first round were <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Delia" title="Adrian Delia">Adrian Delia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Said" title="Chris Said">Chris Said</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Perici_Calascione" title="Alex Perici Calascione">Alex Perici Calascione</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Portelli_(politician)" title="Frank Portelli (politician)">Frank Portelli</a>. Alex Perici Calascione and Frank Portelli were the two candidates who did not pass through the first phase. In the second round Adrian Delia emerged as the winner of the leadership election, in which he gained 7,734 votes (52.7% of the vote), to Said's 6,932 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Adrian Delia's first European election as party leader in 2019 the party took an even bigger defeat than before, with a 43,000-vote difference separating the two parties. this would lead to the party losing another seat while the Labour party gained another seat.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Malta" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta">Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta</a> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Galea" title="Louis Galea">Louis Galea</a> has suggested that the party rebrand, possibly under the new name People's National Party (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Partit Nazzjonali tal-Poplu</i>), in order to avoid association with other contemporary "nationalist" parties in Europe, which tend to be positioned on the <a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics" title="Far-right politics">far-right</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Metsola" title="Roberta Metsola">Roberta Metsola</a>, a member of PN, was elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">President of the European Parliament</a> in January 2022 following the unexpected death of <a href="/wiki/David_Sassoli" title="David Sassoli">David Sassoli</a>. </p><p>The Party would soon suffer its own internal crisis when Adrian Delia was voted out from his role as the leader of the party after the newsportal LovinMalta alleged that well informed sources told them that <a href="/wiki/WhatsApp" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a> messages were sent between him and the alleged mastermind of <a href="/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia" title="Daphne Caruana Galizia">Daphne Caruana Galizia</a>'s murder <a href="/wiki/Yorgen_Fenech" title="Yorgen Fenech">Yorgen Fenech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fact would soon be picked up by other MPs from the same party who would use it as a <a href="/wiki/Casus_belli" title="Casus belli">casus beli</a> to vote Delia out of power. This would culminate with <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Grech" title="Bernard Grech">Bernard Grech</a> emerging as a challenger to Adrian Delia, who would in turn be election as the new leader of the PN.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it would soon emerge that the WhatsApp leaks were very much greatly exaggerated by another MP <a href="/wiki/Jason_Azzopardi" title="Jason Azzopardi">Jason Azzopardi</a>, who after Delia challenged Azzopardi to publish the hundreds of messages that he claimed to have with Fenech, would backtrack on his claim of Delia being in Fenech's pockets and signed a joint declaration in which they both reconciled.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in addition, LovinMalta would soon be taken to court on libel by Adrian Delia over the article, in which LovinMalta would then issue another article claiming that they did not verify the allegation made by the third party with Delia but verified that the allegation had been made. They also expressed regret that the article may have been misunderstood as an allegation of wrongdoing on the part of Delia.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, Delia withdrew the libel case against them. </p><p>In the 2022 general election, the party was again rocked by the fact that 4 major PN politicians would not run, in addition one of these politicians Mario Galea would speak up against the part be saying that other politicians close to the PN leadership 'made my life hell' and “I was made a disposable commodity... People close to the leadership also called out my mental health,” <sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of these many revelations regarding internal party politics, the PN suffered its third consecutive defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Maltese_general_election" title="2022 Maltese general election">2022 general election</a>. in addition, this defeat was the biggest percentage of vote difference between the two parties since the 1951 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-grech_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grech-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ideology">Ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Malta's Nationalist Party emerged from the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Nationalist_Party_(Malta,_1921%E2%80%931926)" title="Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1921–1926)">Anti-Reform Party</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/Fortunato_Mizzi" title="Fortunato Mizzi">Fortunato Mizzi</a> in 1883, opposing taxation policies decreed by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malta" title="Crown Colony of Malta">British authorities</a> and measures to anglicise the educational and <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a> during the "<a href="/wiki/Language_Question_(Malta)" title="Language Question (Malta)">Language Question</a>" period.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party supported human rights, so long as they were in line with <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>. In 2011 it was noted that its party platform was "far to the right of most other Christian Democratic parties, the Bavarian <a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_in_Bavaria" title="Christian Social Union in Bavaria">Christian Social Union</a> in Germany included".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following years, the party moved towards more centrist positions and became more progressive. The Nationalist Party opposed the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a> in Malta in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, since then, it has changed to a position of support for it and for other liberal ideas. </p><p>The Nationalist Party was the first party to have an openly gay MP, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Gouder" title="Karl Gouder">Karl Gouder</a>, and Trans Candidate Alex Mangion. The majority of its parliamentary group voted in favour of <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Malta" title="Same-sex marriage in Malta">gay marriage</a> in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party calls itself a mosaic of people and ideologies. The party recruited a <a href="/wiki/Non-binary_gender" title="Non-binary gender">non-binary</a> member, Mark Josef Rapa, for their pro-LGBT group, FOIPN. </p><p>A clause in the party statute dating back to 1991 bans active or former <a href="/wiki/Freemasons" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemasons">Freemasons</a> from taking active roles, including casting a democratic vote, within the parameters controlled by the party itself.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leaders">Leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fortunato_Mizzi" title="Fortunato Mizzi">Fortunato Mizzi</a> (1880–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico "Nerik" Mizzi</a> (1905–1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Pasquale_Mifsud" title="Ugo Pasquale Mifsud">Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico Mizzi</a> (1926–1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico Mizzi</a> (1940–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Borg_Olivier" class="mw-redirect" title="Giorgio Borg Olivier">Giorgio "Ġorġ" Borg Olivier</a> (1950–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Fenech_Adami" title="Eddie Fenech Adami">Eddie Fenech Adami</a> (1977–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Gonzi" title="Lawrence Gonzi">Lawrence Gonzi</a> (2004–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Busuttil" title="Simon Busuttil">Simon Busuttil</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Delia" title="Adrian Delia">Adrian Delia</a> (2017–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Grech" title="Bernard Grech">Bernard Grech</a> (2020–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Prime_Ministers">Prime Ministers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Prime Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Pasquale_Mifsud" title="Ugo Pasquale Mifsud">Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud</a> (1924–1927, 1932–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico Mizzi</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Borg_Olivier" class="mw-redirect" title="Giorgio Borg Olivier">Giorgio "Ġorġ" Borg Olivier</a> (1950–1955, 1962–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Fenech_Adami" title="Eddie Fenech Adami">Eddie Fenech Adami</a> (1987–1996, 1998–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Gonzi" title="Lawrence Gonzi">Lawrence Gonzi</a> (2004–2013)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure">Structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party structures are the General, Executive and Administrative Councils, the Parliamentary Group, the District Fora and Sectional Committees, the College of Local Councillors and a number of party branches.<sup id="cite_ref-const_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Party officials include the Leader, two Deputy Leaders, Secretary-General, President of the Party's General Councils and Presidents for each of the Executive and Administrative Committees, Treasurer, International Secretary and Parliamentary Group Whip.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Council is made up of delegates and representatives from other party structures, the largest number being delegates elected by the Sectional Committees.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The General Council elects and approves the Party Leader and two Deputy Leaders, approves the electoral programme, approves the Secretary-General's report on the state of the party and amends the Party Statute.<sup id="cite_ref-const_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The executive committee is made up of the party's most senior officials, representatives of the General Council, the Parliamentary Group, Sectional Committees and the Party branches.<sup id="cite_ref-const_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The executive committee is the political and policy making body of the Party and, amongst other things, elects most of the party officials, approves candidates, drafts the electoral programme and lays out the broad policy guidelines. The Administrative Committee is made up of party officials, Presidents of all of the party's branches and deals with organisational and administrative issues.<sup id="cite_ref-const_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party is organised geographically in Sectional Committees which are then organised in District Fora with special provisions applying for Party organisation in <a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Parliamentary Group and the College of Local Councillors bring together the party's elected representatives in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Malta" title="Parliament of Malta">parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">local councils</a>. The party's branches include an equal opportunities section, as well as youth, women's, seniors, workers, professionals, entrepreneurs, local councillors, candidates and former MPs sections.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_holdings">Media holdings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media holdings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although not directly part of the party's structure, the PN owns the television station <a href="/wiki/NET_Television_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="NET Television (Malta)">NET Television</a>, the online news portal netnews.com.mt, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Net_FM_(Malta)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Net FM (Malta) (page does not exist)">Net FM</a> radio station, and the <i><a href="/wiki/In-Nazzjon" title="In-Nazzjon">In-Nazzjon</a></i> and <i>Il-Mument</i> newspapers through its holding company <a href="/wiki/Media.link_Communications" title="Media.link Communications">Media.link Communications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_splits">Party splits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Party splits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party had two splits:<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Nationalist_Party_(Malta,_1959%E2%80%931966)" title="Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1959–1966)">Democratic Nationalist Party</a> led by Lawyer <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ganado" title="Herbert Ganado">Herbert Ganado</a>, disestablished in 1966.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Action_(Malta)" title="National Action (Malta)">Azzjoni Nazzjonali</a> led by Joseph "Josie" Muscat, disestablished in 2010.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1927_Maltese_general_election" title="1927 Maltese general election">1927</a> </th> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Pasquale_Mifsud" title="Ugo Pasquale Mifsud">Ugo Pasquale Mifsud</a> </td> <td>14,321 </td> <td>41.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 32</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 41%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 13 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1932_Maltese_general_election" title="1932 Maltese general election">1932</a> </th> <td>28,777 </td> <td>59.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">21 / 32</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 66%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1939_Maltese_general_election" title="1939 Maltese general election">1939</a> </th> <td>11,618 </td> <td>33.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 10</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 18 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1945_Maltese_general_election" title="1945 Maltese general election">1945</a> </th> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Mizzi" title="Enrico Mizzi">Enrico Mizzi</a> </td> <td align="center" colspan="6"><i>did not contest</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1947_Maltese_general_election" title="1947 Maltese general election">1947</a> </th> <td>19,041 </td> <td>18.0 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1950_Maltese_general_election" title="1950 Maltese general election">1950</a> </th> <td>31,431 </td> <td>29.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Minority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1951_Maltese_general_election" title="1951 Maltese general election">1951</a> </th> <td align="left" rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/George_Borg_Olivier" title="George Borg Olivier">George Borg Olivier</a> </td> <td>39,946 </td> <td>35.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">15 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 38%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1953_Maltese_general_election" title="1953 Maltese general election">1953</a> </th> <td>45,180 </td> <td>38.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">18 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 45%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1955_Maltese_general_election" title="1955 Maltese general election">1955</a> </th> <td>48,514 </td> <td>40.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">17 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 43%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1962_Maltese_general_election" title="1962 Maltese general election">1962</a> </th> <td>48,514 </td> <td>40.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">25 / 50</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 50%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Minority<br /> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">PN</a>-<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Nationalist_Party_(Malta,_1959%E2%80%931966)" title="Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta, 1959–1966)">PDN</a>-<a href="/wiki/Christian_Workers%27_Party" title="Christian Workers' Party">PĦN</a>-<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Constitutionalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Malta)">PCP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1966_Maltese_general_election" title="1966 Maltese general election">1966</a> </th> <td>68,656 </td> <td>47.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">28 / 50</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 56%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_Maltese_general_election" title="1971 Maltese general election">1971</a> </th> <td>80,753 </td> <td>48.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">27 / 55</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 49%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1976_Maltese_general_election" title="1976 Maltese general election">1976</a> </th> <td>99,551 </td> <td>48.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">31 / 65</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 48%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_Maltese_general_election" title="1981 Maltese general election">1981</a> </th> <td align="left" rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Fenech_Adami" title="Eddie Fenech Adami">Eddie Fenech Adami</a> </td> <td>114,132 </td> <td>50.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">31 / 65</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 48%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1987_Maltese_general_election" title="1987 Maltese general election">1987</a> </th> <td>119,721 </td> <td>50.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">35 / 69</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 51%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_Maltese_general_election" title="1992 Maltese general election">1992</a> </th> <td>127,932 </td> <td>51.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">34 / 65</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 52%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1996_Maltese_general_election" title="1996 Maltese general election">1996</a> </th> <td>124,864 </td> <td>47.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">34 / 69</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 49%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_Maltese_general_election" title="1998 Maltese general election">1998</a> </th> <td>137,037 </td> <td>51.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">35 / 65</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 54%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_Maltese_general_election" title="2003 Maltese general election">2003</a> </th> <td>146,172 </td> <td>51.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">35 / 65</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 54%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2008_Maltese_general_election" title="2008 Maltese general election">2008</a> </th> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Gonzi" title="Lawrence Gonzi">Lawrence Gonzi</a> </td> <td>143,468 </td> <td>49.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">35 / 69</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 51%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Majority </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2013_Maltese_general_election" title="2013 Maltese general election">2013</a> </th> <td>132,426 </td> <td>43.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">30 / 69</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 43%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_Maltese_general_election" title="2017 Maltese general election">2017</a> </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Busuttil" title="Simon Busuttil">Simon Busuttil</a> </td> <td>130,850 </td> <td>42.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">28 / 67</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 42%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_Maltese_general_election" title="2022 Maltese general election">2022</a> </th> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Grech" title="Bernard Grech">Bernard Grech</a> </td> <td>123,233 </td> <td>41.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">35 / 79</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 44%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Parliament">European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>EP Group </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2004 European Parliament election in Malta">2004</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Gonzi" title="Lawrence Gonzi">Lawrence Gonzi</a> </td> <td>97,688 </td> <td>39.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 5</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 40%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>New </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_-_European_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="European People's Party - European Democrats">EPP-ED</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2009 European Parliament election in Malta">2009</a> </th> <td>100,483 </td> <td>40.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People's Party Group">EPP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2014 European Parliament election in Malta">2014</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Busuttil" title="Simon Busuttil">Simon Busuttil</a> </td> <td>100,785 </td> <td>40.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 50%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2019 European Parliament election in Malta">2019</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Delia" title="Adrian Delia">Adrian Delia</a> </td> <td>98,611 </td> <td>37.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Malta" title="2024 European Parliament election in Malta">2024</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Grech" title="Bernard Grech">Bernard Grech</a> </td> <td>109,351 </td> <td>42.0 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5087B2; color:inherit; width: 50%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media.link_Communications" title="Media.link Communications">Media.link Communications</a>, the communications holding company of the party</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nationalist_Party_(Malta)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mizzi is the founder of the Partito Democratico Nazionalista and not of the pre-merger Partito Nazionale or the post-merger Partit Nazzjonalista, however Mizzi is accepted as the spiritual founder of the PDN and PN.</span> </li> </ol></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Democratic_Union" title="Croatian Democratic Union">HDZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Demochristian_Party" title="Croatian Demochristian Party">HDS</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/15px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/30px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Rally" title="Democratic Rally">DISY/ΔΗ.ΣΥ.</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/23px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/30px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democrats_(Denmark)" title="Christian Democrats (Denmark)">KD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_People%27s_Party_(Denmark)" title="Conservative People's Party (Denmark)">C</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, 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Party">Kok./Saml.</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/15px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/30px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">LR</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party">PATT</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia"><img alt="Latvia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Unity_(Latvia)" title="Unity (Latvia)">V</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/15px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" 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Party">CDS-PP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Portugal)" title="Social Democratic Party (Portugal)">PPD-PSD</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/15px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/30px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">PNL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Party" title="People's Movement Party">PMP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_of_Hungarians_in_Romania" title="Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania">UDMR/RMDSz</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Movement" title="Christian Democratic Movement">KDH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democrats_(Slovakia)" title="Democrats (Slovakia)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Alliance_(Slovak_political_party)" title="Hungarian Alliance (Slovak political party)">MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_(political_party)" title="Slovakia (political party)">Slovensko</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Slovenia" title="New Slovenia">NSi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_Democratic_Party" title="Slovenian Democratic Party">SDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_People%27s_Party" title="Slovenian People's Party">SLS</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/15px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/30px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Spain)" title="People's Party (Spain)">PP</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democrats_(Sweden)" title="Christian Democrats (Sweden)">KD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moderate_Party" title="Moderate Party">M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#3399FF;color:white;width:1%">Associated parties (non-EU)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/15px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/30px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Albania" title="Democratic Party of Albania">PD</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/15px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_(Iceland)" title="Independence Party (Iceland)">XD</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia"><img alt="North Macedonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/15px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/30px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/VMRO-DPMNE" title="VMRO-DPMNE">VMRO - DPMNE/ВМРО - ДПМНЕ</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/15px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/30px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(Norway)" title="Conservative Party (Norway)">H</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Progressive_Party" title="Serbian Progressive Party">SNS/СНС</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Vojvodina_Hungarians" title="Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians">VMSZ/SVM</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/11px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/17px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/The_Centre_(political_party)" title="The Centre (political party)">DM-LC-AdC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#3399FF;color:white;width:1%">Observer parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia"><img alt="Armenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Armenia" title="Republican Party of Armenia">HHK/ՀՀԿ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_(Armenia)" title="Heritage (Armenia)">Heritage/Ժառանգություն</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/15px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/30px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Christian_Democracy" title="Belarusian Christian Democracy">BCD/БХД</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Civic_Party_of_Belarus" class="mw-redirect" title="United Civic Party of Belarus">AHP/АГП</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Movement_for_Freedom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Movement for Freedom (page does not exist)">За Свабоду</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina"><img alt="Bosnia and Herzegovina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Democratic_Union_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina">HDZ BiH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Democratic_Progress" title="Party of Democratic Progress">PDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Democratic_Action" title="Party of Democratic Action">SDA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Democratic_Union_1990" title="Croatian Democratic Union 1990">HDZ 1990</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_National_Movement" title="United National Movement">ENM/ენმ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="European Georgia">EG/ევსა</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo"><img alt="Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/15px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/30px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_League_of_Kosovo" title="Democratic League of Kosovo">LDK</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova"><img alt="Moldova" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/15px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/30px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Moldova" title="Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova">PLDM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Action_and_Solidarity" title="Party of Action and Solidarity">PAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dignity_and_Truth_Platform_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Dignity and Truth Platform Party">PPDA</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro"><img alt="Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/15px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/30px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bosniak_Party" title="Bosniak Party">BS</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/15px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/30px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party_(Norway)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Norway)">KrF</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino"><img alt="San Marino" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/15px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/23px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/30px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party">PDCS</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/15px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/30px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Batkivshchyna" title="Batkivshchyna">Batkivshchyna/Батьківщина</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Solidarity" title="European Solidarity">YeS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Democratic_Alliance_for_Reform" title="Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform">UDAR/УДАР</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self_Reliance_(political_party)" title="Self Reliance (political party)">Об'єднання «Самопоміч»/Ob'yednannya «Samopomich»</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#3399FF;color:white;width:1%">Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Weber" title="Manfred Weber">Manfred Weber</a> (President)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thanasis_Bakolas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thanasis Bakolas (page does not exist)">Thanasis Bakolas</a> (Secretary General)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariya_Gabriel" title="Mariya Gabriel">Mariya Gabriel</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olgierd_Geblewicz" title="Olgierd Geblewicz">Olgierd Geblewicz</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Pons" title="Esteban González Pons">Esteban González Pons</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hahn" title="Johannes Hahn">Johannes Hahn</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Halicki" title="Andrzej Halicki">Andrzej Halicki</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_de_Lange" title="Esther de Lange">Esther de Lange</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_McAllister" title="David McAllister">David McAllister</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Mure%C8%99an" title="Siegfried Mureșan">Siegfried Mureșan</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petteri_Orpo" title="Petteri Orpo">Petteri Orpo</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubravka_%C5%A0uica" title="Dubravka Šuica">Dubravka Šuica</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Tajani" title="Antonio Tajani">Antonio Tajani</a> (Vice-President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Rangel" title="Paulo Rangel">Paulo Rangel</a> (Treasurer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a> (<i>ex officio</i> Vice-President)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#3399FF;color:white;width:1%">European Parliament<br />Group Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Weber" title="Manfred Weber">Manfred Weber</a> (Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Danjean" title="Arnaud Danjean">Arnaud Danjean</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Pons" title="Esteban González Pons">Esteban González Pons</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Kalniete" title="Sandra Kalniete">Sandra Kalniete</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Kovatchev" title="Andrey Kovatchev">Andrey Kovatchev</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_de_Lange" title="Esther de Lange">Esther de Lange</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vangelis_Meimarakis" title="Vangelis Meimarakis">Vangelis Meimarakis</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Mure%C8%99an" title="Siegfried Mureșan">Siegfried Mureșan</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Olbrycht" title="Jan Olbrycht">Jan Olbrycht</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Rangel" title="Paulo Rangel">Paulo Rangel</a> (Vice-Chair)</li> <li>see <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#3399FF;color:white;width:1%">European Commissioners (2024–2029)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a> (President)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Lu%C3%ADs_Albuquerque" title="Maria Luís Albuquerque">Maria Luís Albuquerque</a> (Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnus_Brunner" title="Magnus Brunner">Magnus Brunner</a> (Internal Affairs and Migration)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valdis_Dombrovskis" title="Valdis Dombrovskis">Valdis Dombrovskis</a> (Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christophe_Hansen" title="Christophe Hansen">Christophe Hansen</a> (Agriculture and Food)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wopke_Hoekstra" title="Wopke Hoekstra">Wopke Hoekstra</a> (Net-Zero and Clean Growth)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrius_Kubilius" title="Andrius Kubilius">Andrius Kubilius</a> (Defence and Space)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessika_Roswall" title="Jessika Roswall">Jessika Roswall</a> (Environment, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piotr_Serafin" title="Piotr Serafin">Piotr Serafin</a> (Budget, Anti_Fraud and Public Administration)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubravka_%C5%A0uica" title="Dubravka Šuica">Dubravka Šuica</a> (Mediterranean)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolos_Tzitzikostas" title="Apostolos Tzitzikostas">Apostolos Tzitzikostas</a> (Sustainable Transport and Tourism)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henna_Virkkunen" title="Henna Virkkunen">Henna Virkkunen</a> (Executive Vice-President for Digital and Frontier Technologies)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Zaharieva" title="Ekaterina Zaharieva">Ekaterina Zaharieva</a> (Startups, Research and Innovation</li> <li><b>see <a href="/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_Commission_II" title="Von der Leyen Commission II">von der Leyen Commission II</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#3399FF;color:white;width:1%">Heads of government<br />at the European Council</th><td 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