Nationalist Party of Malta
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Nationalist Party
Partit Nazzjonalista |
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| Abbreviation | PN |
| Head (Kap) | Adrian Delia |
| Founder | Fortunato Mizzi |
| Founded | 1926 |
| 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 |
28 / 67
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| European Parliament |
3 / 6
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| Local Council Seats |
210 / 455
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) 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 is known for its advocacy for human rights, so long they are in line with Roman Catholicism. The party still tolerates anti-LGBT rights statutes, but after suffering two major general elections loses it "betrayed" its orthodox principles to hypocritically attract LGBT voters solely to potentially gain political power. Through its own media, the party states that LGBT people merit "unequal" treatment, are "sterile" or unproductive, and compares the community to Soviet "communism". The party bans active or former Freemasons from taking active roles, including casting a democratic vote, within the parametres controlled by the party itself.
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.
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