In the end, Simon Busuttil’s overwhelming popularity – and the weakness of his fellow Nationalist Party candidates – turned out to be the main cause that prevented the PN from obtaining the third seat in the European Parliament....

Election results effectively help to bury old issues quicker than filling out your ballot paper. Last week’s EP elections left no one in doubt about Labour’s well-earned European credentials, though the issue was already a false one from the very start. ...

Dense and denserTurnout was low. Incredibly low. Notwithstanding heavy investment in a campaign that urged voters to use their prerogative to determine who would best represe...

Discussing the MEP election results with an experienced journalist and mature political commentator, we touched on the obvious argument regarding the extent to which t...

It may have been, in the view of some opinion-makers, “just” a European Parliament election. But last week’s election has proved to be, in quite serious terms, more of a watershed than an easily shrugged off bothersome election....

By all accounts the Nationalist Party appears to be on the brink of an upheaval, the kind that could cost political careers and potentially redefine the national political order of the day. ...

A mere mention of the General Workers’ Union is enough to send shudders down the spine of some people – yet it must be commended for the stance it is taking on asylum seekers....

The result of the European Parliament elections of last weekend needs to be analysed beyond its statistical value of percentages and numbers. ...

Five years ago I was invited by the US Embassy in Malta to join what is called the International Visitors Programme sponsored by the Department of State....

Was it written on the wall? Was it expected? And did polls predict the fact that the Nationalist Party was in for an unsatisfactory result at the European Parliament elections? ...