Malta goes to polls with Labour expected to win third term

VALLETTA (Reuters) – Polling stations opened on Saturday in Malta where the ruling Labour Party of Prime Minister Robert Abela is expected to win a third successive five-year term in an election to the 65-seat parliament. Opinion polls have shown the centre-left Labour Party winning up to 55% of the vote thanks to a strong economy and the government’s management of the COVID-19 crisis, where state handouts helped businesses and consumers alike. Abela has been largely unaffected by repeated allegations of corruption against the Labour Party made by the centre-right Nationalist Party led by Bern…

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