Nationalist Party (Malta)
Nationalist Party Partit Nazzjonalista | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PN |
| Leader | Bernard Grech |
| Deputy leader | Alex Perici Calascione |
| Founder | Fortunato Mizzi |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Merger of | Maltese Political Union Democratic Nationalist Party |
| Headquarters | Id-Dar Ċentrali, Triq Herbert Ganado, Pietà |
| Newspaper | In-Nazzjon |
| Youth wing | MŻPN |
| Media arm | NET Media |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | |
| Colours | Blue |
| Anthem | "Sbejħa Patrija" ("Beautiful Fatherland") |
| Parliament of Malta | 35 / 79 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 6 |
| Mayors of localities | 23 / 68 |
| Local council seats | 206 / 462 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| pn.org.mt | |
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The Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party.
It is a Christian democratic, and conservative political party, and it has been also described as centrist or centre-right on the political spectrum. It is supportive of Malta's membership in the European Union. 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.