Partit Laburista

Partit Laburista Malta Labor Party
Party leader	Robert Abela
Alignment	Social democracy
Parliament seats	37/67 ( 2017 )
International connections	SI (observer)
MEPs	4/6
European party	SPE
EP Group	S&D
Website	maltafqalbna.com

Labor Party Club, Republic Street, Valletta, 1985

The Partit Laburista (PL; English Malta Labor Party (MLP)) is the social democratic party of Malta .

history

The party was founded in 1921. Besides the conservative Nationalist Party , the Malta Labor Party is the second major people's party in Malta. In 1969, the party's communist faction split off and formed the Communist Party of Malta .

At European level, the party belongs to the Party of European Socialists and has had three of the six Maltese MEPs in the European Parliament since the 2014 European elections . In foreign policy, the MLP takes a course of foreign policy neutrality and is skeptical of the EU .

The MLP owns the television station One TV (formerly Super One Television ), the radio station Super One Radio and the weekly Sunday newspaper KullĦadd .

In the parliamentary elections in Malta 2013 , the Labor Party won the majority in parliament for the first time in 15 years with 54.8 percent.

Party leader since 1949

Party leaders (and prime ministers) of the MLP were:

• 1949–1984 Dom Mintoff (Prime Minister: 1955–1958, 1971–1984)
• 1984–1992 Carmelo Mifsud Bonniċi (Prime Minister: 1984–1987)
• 1992–2008 Alfred Sant (Prime Minister: 1996–1998)
• 2008–2020 Joseph Muscat (Prime Minister: 2013–2020)
• since 2020 Robert Abela

See also

• List of MEPs from Malta (11th legislature)

Web links

• Malta Labor Party

Individual evidence

1. ↑ afp.com: Parliament: Opposition wins election in Malta. In: welt.de . March 10, 2013, accessed October 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ www.gov.mt: Prime Ministers of Malta