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Norman Lowell (born 29 July 1946) is a Maltese
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writer and head of
Imperium Europa Imperium Europa is a neo-fascist political party in Malta. It was founded in 2000 by Norman Lowell, who is also its leader. Its primary aim is to unite Europe into one political entity. Party programme Imperium Europa is positioned on the far- ...
, a
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political party. He is also a retired banker and artist.


Politics

Imperium Europa advocates Europe as a homeland for
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. The party's remit is to unite "all European natives" (i.e., European-descended peoples, but not non-European-descended immigrants born in Europe) under one flag, hence the name "Imperium Europa" (European Empire), leading to "a
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bond forged through
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closely followed by
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, nurtured through
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, protected by
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, enforced by the
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." In his formulation Lowell combines
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and the ideas of
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's ''Imperium''. Lowell contested the first
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elections that were held in Malta on 12 June 2004, obtaining 1,603 first-count votes from a total of 250,691 votes cast (0.64%). Lowell again contested the European Parliamentary elections in Malta on 6 June 2009. He received 3,559 votes, out of 322,411 cast, for just over one percent of the vote. In the 2014 MEP elections Lowell again doubled his votes to over 7,000, this time surpassing the Green Party's leader Arnold Cassola. In May 2019, Lowell once again contested the European Parliament election. This time, he obtained 9,693 votes from a total of 270,022 votes cast (3.59%). This result makes Imperium Europa the third most popular party in Malta. Campaigning heavily against illegal immigrants, Lowell was the party's candidate in the 11th and 12th Districts in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He obtained 84 votes on first count from both districts, obtaining 0.03% of the overall votes. Lowell is a staunch supporter and admirer of
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, the Maltese-born Italian Fascist, who, on the grounds that British rule was destroying Malta's Latin soul, advocated the expulsion of the British and joined, to this effect, the
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. Lowell is known for the quotes "Carmelo Borg Pisani, presente!" and "Onore a Carmelo Borg Pisani!" during a tribute to him in an interview on the television network One, where Lowell, during an interview, asked the presenter for a minute to remember Borg Pisani, stood up, and began exclaiming these quotes whilst holding a staff in his hands.


Political descriptions

Because of comments denigrating African migrants to the country as well as his reliance on anti-Semitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories about Jews, Lowell has been described as racist, an extremist, and a Nazi sympathizer. Lowell uses the parlance of white nationalists elsewhere and states that he is a
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. Lowell argues that he is "neither a Nazi nor a Fascist nor a Neo-Nazi" and that he would be "booted out of a Nazi party within five minutes" because he's "a strong
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", but he has, nevertheless, described ''
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'' as "The Book" and
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as "The Hero", and called the Nazi
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a " holy hoax". He has also praised
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ian president
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.


Books

Lowell is the author of ''Credo: A Book for the Very Few'', ''Imperium Europa – A Book that Changed the World'', ''Aristocratic Manifesto for Imperium Europa'' (Arktos, 2019), and ''Jesus the Usurper: Murderer of Christ''.


Dionysian Action Painting

Lowell is an artist in his own abstract style, which he labels "Dionysian Action Painting". He describes it as an ancient Greek art form based around "intoxication, frenzy, ecstasy, barbaric instincts". He says it captures feelings, rather than figures, and is the sublimation of the beast in man into art.


Controversies

On 27 March 2008 Lowell was sentenced to a two-year jail term, suspended for four years, due to his conviction on three charges of racial hatred, and one charge of insulting the
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. He won the case relating to insults hurled at the President of Malta on grounds of freedom of speech but was also ordered to pay a fine of 500
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s for racist terminology against Jews. Judge Quintano ruled that while a politician is free, this freedom is limited by the fact that Jews make up a part of the Maltese society and that no matter how small that part is, such talk constitutes racial hatred. Speaking outside the courthouse, Lowell told reporters, and a small crowd, "this is a sad day, a very sad day for the Maltese. The lights of freedom have been extinguished. We are going back to the medieval ages. The media will be the first victims of the establishment since they have to be extra careful on how they report items." On 10 January 2006 Lowell filed a civil libel suit against ''
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Saviour Balzan. Lowell contends that two of the publication's articles, one entitled "Norman Lowell organises BBQ", and another entitled "Lowell’s neo-Nazis hit out at press after arson attack", as well as an editorial entitled "Get the bastards now, before it is too late", constitute a "coordinated, strategic, and orchestrated" effort to undermine his public reputation. On 30 April 2019, during a meeting of his party,
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, Lowell compared
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to the "Disneyland of
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". When asked whether he denied the Holocaust happened, he said: "How can one deny something that never happened? ... This whole hoax is the biggest lie since the
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."


References


External links


Imperium Europa
— Official Website of Imperium Europa. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowell, Norman 1946 births Living people 21st-century Maltese painters 21st-century Maltese politicians Alt-right writers Alt-right politicians in Europe European white nationalists Leaders of political parties in Malta Holocaust deniers Maltese nationalists Neo-Nazis New Right (Europe) People convicted of Holocaust denial People from Pietà, Malta