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Debate

A gambit declined

Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 08:01 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The setting up of a pre-election alliance is a complex exercise. Alternattiva Demokratika recognised the strategic importance of forming pre-election alliances a long time ago – in fact, prior...

That imploding feeling

Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

After two consecutive heavy election defeats – one as co-star and the other as top-of-the-bill attraction – most people think Simon Busuttil has no option but to stick to his decision to...

Challenges

Monday, 19 June 2017, 07:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

The main challenges that the new Labour administration will have to deal with in coming years are clear: the future of financial servies; the future of Air Malta, and of the tourism sector when and if...

Christian Ethos and the Nationalist Party

Monday, 19 June 2017, 07:41 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

During the election campaign, Simon Busuttil’s partner, Kristina Chetcuti, gave more than one interview about herself, her relationship with Busuttil and the Party. A common drift was that, in...

Leaders do not emerge from thin air

Sunday, 18 June 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I look at some of the names being bandied about as potential leaders of the Nationalist Party, and I think, “So help us God”. Equally incredible is the way people are bandying names about...

The choices facing the PN

Sunday, 18 June 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

Time seems to have stood still for the PN since the election defeat. Otherwise, it marches on. Parliament will reconvene on Saturday, the casual elections will fill the last remaining seats, the...

Turning an island to a ghetto

Saturday, 17 June 2017, 08:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

The result of this election has prompted many to question who the real Nationalist Party followers are and what are their traits?  Undeniably, and one that most frustrates the Panama gang...

INDEPTH: ‘I was wrong to choose Brussels over Malta’ – Comodini Cachia

Friday, 16 June 2017, 11:35 Last update: about 9 years ago INDEPTH online

The Nationalist Party is still under shock after losing a second election in a row with a huge deficit, but the time will come when its paid-up members will have a difficult decision to choose the people who are to lead it in the next few years, newly-elected MP Therese Comodini Cachia said....

The election aftermath

Friday, 16 June 2017, 09:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Salvu Mallia

The people have confirmed the Labour Party in government for the next five years, the party that in 2013 promised a new way of doing politics but ended up doing worse than their predecessors, Salvu...

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