Malta will hold a parliamentary election on May 30, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Monday, calling the vote a year before his current five-year term expires.
Abela said in a televised message that with the coming months expected to be “crucial” given the international situation, Malta needed a government which could focus solely on stability. “Only this government can continue to provide the stability that the country needs,” he said, while stressing that the country was well prepared financially and he could guarantee that energy prices would continue to be stable.
His Labour Party government holds a comfortable majority in the Maltese parliament and opinion polls show it is on track to easily win a record fourth successive term.