Our Vision for Malta

Agriculture is vital for We believe that farmers' rights over the land they work on must be safeguarded and we must continue innovating the field, ensuring sustainability and maximising food security.

• Protect farmers from exploitative expropriation
• Provide grants and incentives for vertical farms.
• Incentivise urban farming.
• Incentivise community gardens.
• Check out all our agriculture policies here.

There's a culture of impunity, a journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered (for which a public inquiry held the state responsible) and the country was greylisted by the FATF. There's work to be done.

• Implement recommendations of the Venice Commission
• Implement recommendations of the European Commission’s Rule of Law report
• Implement recommendations of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Inquiry Report.
• Introduce Integrity Pacts for public procurement and Private-Public Partnerships
• Check out all our Anti-Corruption policies here.

• Introduce Participatory Budgeting.
• Utilise Citizen Assemblies.
• Introduce voting rights at the local council level for third-country nationals with residency.

Cooperatives are resilient business models which gives its members the ability to steer the direction and priority. It's generally run democratically, where each member has an equal vote.

• Encourage the formation of Cooperatives.
• Modernise legislation regulating Cooperatives.
• Enable Community Cooperatives.
• Enable Home & Housing Cooperatives
• Check out all our Cooperatives policies here.

• Reduce the Corporate Income Tax to 28% for Maltese-run businesses.
  • Amend the tax refund & credit systems to ensure that the rate paid by the companies benefiting from them, is still effectively the same as when the corporate tax was 35%. 
    • e.g if the company was paying 5% effective tax, the company will continue to pay 5% effective tax.

In our ever-digitalising world, it's essential that security is at the forefront to prevent catastrophic hacks which could severely impact public services such as hospitals among others.

• Invest in the Cyber-Crime Unit.
• Introduce a Bsc & Msc in Cybersecurity at the University of Malta.
• Introduce courses on cybersecurity in the workplace & home.
•  increase government cybersecurity infrastructure capabilities
• Check out all our Cybersecurity policies here.

In the fight against climate change, energy sources are a contentious issue. There is also the matter that Malta's energy supply is tainted in corruption due to Electrogas.

• Establish a wave energy farm
• Cancel the Electrogas deal.
• Research on the viability of a Green Hydrogen
• Ensure solar rights
• Check out all our Energy policies here.

We firmly believe in the right to bodily autonomy and the right to die with dignity. We want to ensure that no one can influence the decision of any other person and there are clear conditionalities on this sensitive subject.

• Legalise Voluntary Passive Euthanasia.
• Legalise Voluntary Indirect Euthanasia.
• Legalise Voluntary Assisted Dying.
• Legalise Living Wills.
• Check out all our Euthanasia Policies here.

• Scrap the Golden Passport Scheme.

The past few years we've become truly aware of just how important a well resourced public healthcare system is. Unfortunately there is still much to be done to make the government aware. It comes to no surprise that healthcare workers are leaving the country.

• Digitalise appointments where possible.
• Hazard Pay for healthcare front-liners for the pandemic.
• Research on improving retention of workers.
• Check out all our Healthcare policies here.

• Remove the deferral period of MSM individuals, and focus on limiting individuals who have high-risk sexual contact and not based on individuals’ gender or orientation.
• Make gender-affirming procedures, such as hormone treatment, surgery and psychological support, free & accessible for transgender persons.
• Enable reunification for long-term partners of LGBTIQ+ refugees.

Mental Health is still a fairly taboo subject in Malta and is not treated as importantly as physical healthcare. This must change.

• Work toward widespread adoption of Mental Health First Aid.
• Remodel & rename Mount Carmel Hospital.
• ALL psychiatric medicine is made available through the POYC (Pharmacy of Your Choice).
• Check out all our Mental Healthcare policies here.

A number of parental rights treat parents in a couple differently. For gender equality, we need to rethink a number of systems.

• 20 weeks of parental leave per parent at full pay
• 20 weeks of shared parental leave, at 70% of the average income of the couple.
• Foster parents, and adopting parents eligible for the same parental leave.
• Allow delegating of some parental leave to guardians (close family/friends)
• Check out all our Parental Rights policies here.

The laws regulating political parties are still young and underdeveloped. Up to 2016 there weren't any laws regulating them and today the Electoral Commission is incapable of acting on certain provisions of the law. This needs changing.

• De-couple media outlets from political parties.
• All political party activities, businesses & social enterprises should be regulated by political party financing law.
• Check out all our Political Party policies here.

Prisons should be a place of rehabilitation and not punishment. Over the past years, there have been a number of deaths within Malta's prisons. The system can't continue as it is.

• Adopt best practice from the Norwegian model.
• Ban Solitary Confinement.
• Ensure that juveniles are not detained with adults.
• Check out all our Prison System policies here.

• Invest in research in developing & applying robotics to increase productivity and quality in existing industries.
• Foster an advanced robotics industry by creating a strategy in coordination with Malta’s industry stakeholders, educational institutions, entrepreneurial community, and international experts.

Current laws allow sex work to exist within a grey area. However, there are significant gaps which do not help safeguard the rights of sex workers and make them vulnerable to exploitation. We want to empower them.

• Legalise strictly Cooperative-run Brothels.
• Sex Workers must register their employment status and are given the same rights as any worker.
• Regulate the Sex Work industry.
• Combat the black market.
• Check out all our Sex Work policies here.

Tourism is one of the pillars of Malta's economy. However mass quantity tourism is not sustainable for our islands. We need to reorientate towards quality tourism for a sustainable long-term future for the sector.

• Set up direct flights to/from Malta & North America through Malta Med Air.
• Create a Diaspora Pass card for persons residing abroad who are Maltese Citizens & persons of Maltese descent.
• Create a 3 level system for Eco-Certification System.
• Check out all our Tourism policies here.

The way mobility is viewed in Malta needs a re-imagining. Cars should not be seen as the default option, especially considering the amount of space roads occupy within our tiny islands. With our high population density we need to re-evaluate our approach.

• Introduction of a one-card system
• Transition into permanent pedestrianisation of village cores
• Expand the bikeability of Malta
• Create metered parking in, and around village cores.
• Check out all our Transportation policies here

• Conduct an experiment in UBI in Malta to study for 4 years through a cross-section of society, but primarily focused on individuals in, or at risk of poverty & social exclusion.

The minimum wage needs to be a living wage. Not less. Anyone working full-time should not have to depend on charity to make ends meet.

• Every worker in Malta has the right to a Living Wage.
• Ensure Minimum Wage is at least 60% of the Monthly Median Wage.
  • Current Gross Monthly Minimum Wage = €792
  • Estimate Gross Monthly Median Wage = ~ €1824.84
  • Target Monthly Minimum Wage = €1100.
• Create an NSO Directorate for the Living Wage.
• Check out all our Living Wage policies here.

• Increase dog-friendly beaches

With a strong legal framework and the right incentives & infrastructure, Malta can unleash its tapped potential. It should be as easy as possible to start a business. Raising funds for a venture may be challenging with a small population but venture capital shouldn't be ignored. All options must be available for entrepreneurs and businesspeople.

• Expand the ‘’One-Stop-Shop for Business''
• Reduce business registration cost to €1.
• Create incentives for Employee Stock Options.
• Facilitate the creation of Venture Capital Firms.
• Check out all our Business policies here.

• End fossil fuel subsidies.
• Ban the use of fossil fuels in road vehicles by 2035.
• Facilitate conversion of internal combustion engines which can process biofuels or synthetic fuels.
• Conduct research on the potential demand for fuel for Hydrogen-powered vehicles.

The status quo regarding construction can at times feel like the wild-west in Malta. The rules aren't enforced and there is no long-term vision.

• Require insulated walls & windows
• Revise the 2006 Local Plans
• ODZ land must remain ODZ land.
• Create and enforce strict rules for new developments
• Check out all our Construction Industry policies here.

The Culture sector has often been forgotten and neglected by the Government. This is especially memorable in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let's help it flourish.

• Facilitate the establishment of an Artist Commune.
• Create a Museum of Mediterranean Cultures.
• Check out all our Culture policies here.

Education is a critical pillar of our community. It moulds future generates and also impacts current ones. One doesn't have to stop learning at any age but the system in place needs to be fit for purpose.

• Total overhaul of syllabi
• Introduce Media Literacy classes
• Ensure good Civic education.
• Increase teacher's salaries substantially.
• Check out all our Education policies here.

• To the current GeoServer, add functionality to show which part of the countryside is private, public, and unclaimed
• Oppose the Yacht Marina for Marsascala.
• Return Miżieb and Aħrax to the public.

The island of Gozo must not be painted under the same brush as Malta. It has its own characteristics which must be safeguarded. It also has its own potential that can be fostered.

• Create an Agritech business incubator in Gozo.
• Facilitate the creation of an Artist Hub.
• Pause the Malta-Gozo road tunnel project.
• Incentivise the research and adoption of agroecological practices.
• Check out all our Gozo policies here.

In this day and age Malta does not yet have an official classification of what it means to be homeless.

• Create a legally recognised definition/s of homelessness.
• Adopt Housing First approach from Finland.
• Recognise housing as a Human Right.
• Encourage businesses to take on homeless persons
• Check out all our Homelessness policies here.

IVF still remains fairly strictly regulated in Malta on certain matters, particularly when it comes to embryo freezing and testing.

• Legalise altruistic surrogacy.
• Allow siblings to donate eggs for IVF.
• Introduce PGT-SR.
• Allow couples to decide what happens to their frozen embryos when they die.
• Check out all our IVF & Surrogacy policies here.

• Create & execute a Privatisation Strategy for the Malta Stock Exchange in collaboration with current, and also potential stakeholders under the following conditions;
  • Introduction of an experienced ‘Strategic Partner’ 
  • Increasing accessibility for SMEs to be listed
  • Increasing accessibility for traders to participate in the market
  • Increasing internationalisation of investors
  • Creating a bastion for North African, Middle Eastern & European companies
  • Overseen by an Integrity Pact
  • Short-selling
  • Introduction of Derivatives, Options, Futures & FTEs 

Europe needs to act as one when it comes to refugees and the system needs complete reform. Furthermore, all immigrants and refugees must have their human rights always respected.

• Set up a Unified EU Refugee Policy
• Make the asylum system fair, effective, and quick
• Ensure that asylum seekers’ and refugees’ rights are respected
• Involve the private sector and educational institutions in fostering integration.
• Check out all our Migration policies here.

• Adopt a fixed-term parliament. By removing the Prime Minister’s prerogative to call elections, and adopting a fixed 5-year parliament term.
  • A snap election can only be called through a vote of no confidence or if the government resigns.
  • We will define clear boundaries of when an ‘election campaign’ starts and ends, to ensure political parties & candidates can transparently provide their campaign spending.
• Make being a Parliamentarian a full-time occupation, and ensure proportional remuneration.

Persons who menstruate spend thousands in their lifetime on menstrual products. This causes purchasing power inequality and also makes the most vulnerable among us feel the impact most.

• Menstrual products should be free.
• Menstrual products should be reimbursable.
• Integrate menstrual products into the POYC (Pharmacy of Your Choice scheme.)
• Check out all our Pink Tax policies here.

• Replace the Cannabis Authority with a Recreational Drugs Authority.
  • Manage all matters relating to the responsible use of recreational drugs. This Authority should have the power to commission studies, propose improvements to the system, and propose guidelines.
• Proceed to adopt the Portugueses Model on drugs

Currently, Malta's laws regarding Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare & Rights are still incredibly archaic, especially on the matter of abortion. Fundamental rights continue to be inaccessible

• Legalise Free Medical Abortions
• Contraceptives should be labelled as essential medicines, and freely accessible.
• Develop a Standard Factual & Inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights Curriculum
• PrEP & PEP should be free.
• Check out all our Sexual & Reproductive Rights policies here.

• Working more than 20 hours should not exclude a student from receiving a maintenance grant. 
• Allow students to work part-time up to 30 hours per week part-time, and still be eligible for the Maintenance grant.
• Reduce the tax rate for full-time students in part-time employment to 0% for up to 20 hours of work per week.
  • 21-30 hours per week of work are taxed at 5%.

• Make information on public spending transparent, current, and easily accessible.

Unemployment in Malta has been fairly low for a while, but there are also those who are not looking for employment, or education or training (NEETs) and those are not counted in the same statistics. We want to help them too.

• Study and research outcomes of the YOUTH GUARANTEE 2.0 programme, to create a better 3.0 version of the project.
• Improve the Personal Action Plan by JobsPlus to make it more inclusive, accessible and successful for persons of different backgrounds.
• Offer free/supported educational services to facilitate obtaining a higher qualification level which would facilitate access to the job market for NEETs and persons unemployed for at least 24 months.
• Check out all our Unemployment policies here.

• Legalise voting through Embassies & Postal Voting. In light of the pandemic, Maltese living abroad who are eligible to vote should have the right to exercise their civic right & duty without worrying about pandemic related restrictions.
• Introduce voting rights at the local council level for third-country nationals with residency.