Labour Party Partit Laburista | |
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Abbreviation | PL |
Leader | Robert Abela |
President | Ramona Attard |
Governing body | National Executive |
Deputy leader for parliamentary affairs | Chris Fearne |
Deputy leader for party affairs | Daniel Micallef |
Founder | William Savona |
Founded | 15 March 1921 |
Headquarters | 77 Triq Mile End, Hamrun |
Newspaper | Kullħadd |
Think tank | Fondazzjoni IDEAT |
Youth wing | Labour Youths |
Women's wing | Labour Women |
Membership | 17,500 (2020)[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre to centre-left Historical: Left-wing |
National affiliation | Malta Labour Movement (1978–1992)[3] |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
International affiliation | Socialist International (1949–2014) |
Colours | Red |
Slogan | Labor Omnia Vincit |
Anthem | "L-Innu tal-Partit Laburista" ("Anthem of the Labour Party") |
Parliament of Malta | 43 / 79 |
European Parliament | 3 / 6 |
Mayors of localities | 39 / 68 |
Local council seats | 252 / 462 |
Election symbol | |
Torch | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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The Labour Party (Maltese: Partit Laburista, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (Maltese: Partit tal-Ħaddiema, MLP), is one of the two major political parties in Malta, along with the Nationalist Party.[4][5] It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.[6]
The party was founded in 1921 as the Chamber of Labour by a small group of trade unionists. Ideologically, the party was orientated towards democratic socialism and other left-wing stances until the early 1990s, when it followed the lead of like-minded Western social-democratic parties like Britain's New Labour.[7][8] The party still claims to be democratic-socialist in their party programme.[9][10][11] Under the rule of Joseph Muscat, the party shifted to a more centrist position,[12][13] adopting Third Way policies.[14][15][16] A formerly Eurosceptic party,[17] it claims to hold pro-European stances and is a member of the Party of European Socialists,[18][19] and was previously a member of the Socialist International until 2014.[20]