In Malta, who you know still matters more than what you know. Senior public appointments are often decided behind closed doors, recruitment for the civil service has been centralised around the Prime Minister's Office, and interview processes leave no paper…

Momentum announces three proposals to give Malta a foreign policy rooted in principle, not convenience. 1. Adopt a Foreign Service Act to professionalise Malta's diplomatic corps Diplomatic posts are often handed out as political rewards rather than filled on the…

Momentum is disappointed at the Planning Authority case officer’s recommendation to sanction 20 illegally-built padel courts on Manoel Island against a fine of just €900. Dr Matthew Agius, an election candidate for Momentum, said, “Once again, this recommendation sends a…

Malta's local councils are the level of government closest to the people, yet they remain among the weakest. Mayors serve part-time on honorariums pegged to MP pay, with even the mayors of the country's largest localities earning less than the…

Partit Momentum has today unveiled a new phase of its electoral campaign with the launch of prominent billboards on two major thoroughfares, the St. Paul’s Bay bypass and just out of the St. Julian’s regional road tunnel.. These billboards mark…

Momentum strongly condemns the recent visit by the Deputy Leaders of the Labour Party to the Higher Secondary School, a State post-secondary educational institution. This action represents a clear and unacceptable intrusion of partisan politics into a space that should…

Momentum expresses deep concern over the recent proposal put forward by the Nationalist Party to develop a large-scale offshore LNG hub on Hurd’s Bank, highlighting a serious lack of consideration for the environmental, economic and community implications, particularly those affecting…

Malta's Parliament is not fit for purpose. MPs juggle multiple jobs, committees lack the power to investigate properly, and the Standards Commissioner and Ombudsman can be ignored with impunity. The result is a Parliament that rubber-stamps decisions instead of scrutinising…