Nationalist Party (Malta)
|
Nationalist Party
Partit Nazzjonalista |
|
|---|---|
_(Emblem).jpg) |
|
| Abbreviation | PN |
| President | Simon Busuttil |
| Founder | Fortunato Mizzi |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Headquarters | Id-Dar Ċentrali Triq Herbert Ganado Pietà |
| Newspaper | In-Nazzjon |
| Youth wing | Nationalist Party Youth Movement |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union, Centrist Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Blue |
| Parliament |
30 / 69
|
| European Parliament |
3 / 6
|
| Local Council Seats |
210 / 455
|
| Website | |
| www |
|
The Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista, PN), nicknamed "Tal-Maduma" (Of the Tile), is a Christian democratic and conservativepolitical party in Malta. It is one of two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the governing Labour Party. It is the successor to the Anti-Reform Party founded by Fortunato Mizzi in 1883, opposing taxation decreed by the British colonial authorities and measures to Anglicise the educational and the judicial systems during the Language Question. The presence of Italian refugees from the Risorgimento gave the party a liberal constitutionalist character in the Party's early days and a pro-Italian stance which lasted until the Second World War.
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.
Party officials include the Leader, Deputy Leader, Secretary-General, Presidents of the Party's three councils, Treasurer, International Secretary, Secretary of the Parliamentary Group, Deputy Secretary-General and President of the College of Local Councillors.
The General Council is made up of delegates and representatives from the other Party structure, the largest number being delegates elected by the Sectional Committees. The General Council elects and approves the Party Leader and Deputy Leader, approves the electoral programme, approves the Secretary-General's report on the state of the Party and amends the Party Statute. The Executive Council is made up of the Party's highest officials, representatives of the General Council, Parliamentary Groups, Sectional Committees and the Party branches and MEPs. 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 Council is made up of Party officials and deals with Party organisation.
...
Wikipedia