Prime Minister Robert Abela urged Labour supporters at a packed Victor Tedesco Stadium on Sunday to keep knocking on doors and convincing undecided voters ahead of the general election, which he framed as a choice between his leadership and that of Opposition leader Alex Borg. Labour supporters filled the stadium in Ħamrun’s Mile End on Sunday, wearing
Let’s start with the number everyone’s been waiting for. The latest survey by Vincent Marmara puts Labour ahead of the PN by around 30,000 votes , with a 10.5-point gap between the two parties. That’s broadly in line with the previous week's poll, which found a similar margin. Two other polls – one by Esprimi for Times of Malta and another by MaltaToday
The election campaign is entering its final days and, after weeks of rallies, interviews, debates and endless social media content, voters now face the decision that will determine Malta's direction for the next five years. The two major parties - the governing Labour Party and the Opposition Nationalist Party - have both presented extensive programmes
With one week left before Malta votes, the election campaign is entering its decisive phase. Four weeks of relentless activity have brought the country to the point where the arguments have been made, the manifestos have been launched, debates have been held (with others to come) and the promises have been distributed in abundance. What remains now
Surveys are rarely spot on, but the ones carried out in recent years consistently showed Labour maintaining a comfortable lead. Barring a dramatic last-minute shift, Robert Abela appears on course for a record fourth Labour victory next weekend. There are several reasons for this, and some of it is to Labour’s credit. The country has seen impressive
With just days left before Malta heads to the polls, the election campaign has entered a phase in which both major parties are attempting to describe the vote as a choice between two competing visions for the country's future. On Day 25, the Nationalist Party focused heavily on infrastructure and long-term planning through its ambitious underground
Robert Abela on Friday kept up his rallying cry for people to collect their voting documents and put their faith in Labour. Addressing a Labour rally in Gozo, the prime minister urged supporters to keep on convincing people “until the very last second” to get out and vote. Malta heads to the polls on May 30 with surveys indicating that Labour enjoys
Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg has insisted he is fully in favour of in-vitro fertilisation(IVF), despite previously voting against laws that widened access to the treatment and introduced pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) at a debate hosted by XTRA on TVM. “I never said that [being against IVF]. That is a lie, I am in favour of IVF. We are
After days of rallies, social media clips and carefully managed events, the television format forced Prime Minister Robert Abela and PN leader Alex Borg into a direct confrontation that highlighted both the similarities and stark differences between the two campaigns. The debate revolved around three broad themes - the economy, governance and quality
Robert Abela and Alex Borg may have sensed a pang of déjà vu on Thursday, as they found themselves standing beside one another from across a room, pitching their party’s manifesto for the third time in just four days. Unlike Monday’s rowdy and occasionally ill-disciplined discussion at university and Tuesday’s more sedate gathering with small businesses,
