Labour Party (Malta)

Labour Party
Partit Laburista
AbbreviationPL
LeaderRobert Abela
PresidentRamona Attard
Governing bodyNational Executive
Deputy leader for parliamentary affairsChris Fearne
Deputy leader for party affairsDaniel Micallef
FounderWilliam Savona
Founded15 March 1921 (15 March 1921)
Headquarters77 Triq Mile End, Hamrun
NewspaperKullħadd
Think tankFondazzjoni IDEAT
Youth wingLabour Youths
Women's wingLabour Women
Membership17,500 (2020)[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-left
Historical:
Left-wing
National affiliationMalta Labour Movement (1978–1992)[3]
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
International affiliationSocialist International (1949–2014)
Colours  Red
SloganLabor 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
Flag of the Labour Party
Website
partitlaburista.org

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]

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  18. ^ "EU country briefing: Malta". EURACTIV. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Your party". Party of European Socialists. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Labour officially delisted from Socialist International". MaltaToday.com.mt. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

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