National Action ( mt, Azzjoni Nazzjonali, AN) was a

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Maltese

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active between 2007 and 2010.

History

The party was founded in June 2007, the two most prominent founders being

Josie Muscat Josie Muscat (born 31 July 1943) is a Maltese politician, a former Nationalist MP (1966–87), an independent local councillor in Marsascala (2006–09) and co-founder of Azzjoni Nazzjonali (AN(2007). He is a qualified doctor of medicine. Musc ...

, a medical doctor and entrepreneur and a former MP of the Nationalist Party, and real estate magnate Anġlu Xuereb. Muscat was elected National Action's first Leader. The party was best known for its position on immigration. It believed that Malta should close its borders to illegal immigration and, where this is not possible, the

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(of which Malta is a member) should be obliged to share Malta's burden of

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. Illegal immigrants should be hosted in Malta for not more than a month, then being moved on to other states. The party has also called for a directly elected

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with expanded powers and politically unaffiliated, a smaller

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and a

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. It also wanted to lower taxes using a

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methodology in exchange for more social responsibility and the curbing of social services abuse. After the result of the general elections of 2008, Muscat announced his retirement from politics. He was eventually persuaded to stay on as Party Leader. On 15 April 2010, after a second similar showing, this time in the 2009 elections for the European Parliament, the Party's executive committee proposed to transform the party into a pressure group. No activities have been noted since.

Election results

General elections

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Malta Political parties established in 2007 Political parties disestablished in 2010 Eurosceptic parties in Malta Maltese nationalism 2007 establishments in Malta 2010 disestablishments in Malta Right-wing parties in Europe

History

Election results

General elections

See also

References