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Malta

Results of the 25 May 2019 European elections

Political Parties European affiliation Number of votes Percentage of votes Number of seats Trend compared with 2014

Labour Party S&D 141 267 54.26 % 4 ↑

Nationalist Party EPP 98 611 37.90% 2 ↓

List of MEPs

David Casa Nationalist Party EPP

Roberta Metsola Nationalist Party EPP

Miriam Dalli Labour Party S&D

Alfred Sant Labour Party S&D

Alex Agius Saliba Labour Party S&D

Josianne Cutajar Labour Party S&D

Lists for the elections on 25 May 2019

European Leading Name of party Translation Website Programme affiliation candidate

Partit Nazzjonalista Nationalist Party (PN) EPP Peter Agius pn.org.mt Programme

Partit Laburista Labour Party (PL) S&D Alex Agius Saliba partitlaburista.org Programme

Alleanza Bidla Alliance for Change ECR Rebecca Dalli Gonzi alleanzabidla.com Programme

Partit Demokratiku Democratic Party (PD) ALDE Anthony Buttigieg pd.org (PD)

Alternattiva Democratic Alternative Greens/EFA Carmel Cacopardo alternattiva.org Programme Demokratica (AD)

Moviment Patrijotti Patriotic Maltese ENF Simon Borg brainnotego.com Maltin Movement

Brain, not ego / Antoine P. Borg brainnotego.com Programme

Electoral Procedures > Election Dates : 25 May 2019 > Number of MEPs : 6 > At what age can one vote? 18 years > At what age can one be elected? 18 years > Who can vote? European citizens living in Malta.

Electoral rules > Voting method : Single transferable vote > Means for attributing seats : First past the post preferential vote with transfer (VUT- Droop’s quotient). > Can candidates be chosen from a list? Yes

Institutions and political situation Democratic parliamentary republic – Head of State: George Vella

– Prime Minister: Joseph Muscat

Economy > Currency : Euro > GDP : € 12 319.8 million (2018) > GDP per capita (PPS) : € 25 600 (2018) > GDP Growth : 7.9% (Q3 2018) > Unemployment: 3.8% (January 2019) > Inflation : 1.3% (February 2019) > Public Debt : 45.9% of GDP (Q3 2018)

Geography and population – Surface Area : 316 km² (source : The CIA World Factbook) – 475 700 inhabitants (2018)

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