Political party in Malta
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-right [2] [3] [4] on the political spectrum and it has been described as a neo-Nazi ,[5] neo-fascist ,[6] [7] right-wing populist ,[8] radical right ,[9] and white nationalist party.[10] [11] As stated in its program, its goal is to unite all European natives under one flag, hence the name "Imperium Europa", leading to "a Europid bond forged through spirituality (cosmotheism , not Christianity ) closely followed by race , nurtured through high culture , protected by high politics , enforced by the elite ."[12] Imperium Europa is also opposed to immigration .[13] Imperium Europa has connections with the French Nouvelle Droite .[14]
It was officially registered as a political party in 2019.[15] Its leader, Lowell, has expressed sympathy for Adolf Hitler .[16] [17]
Election results
House of Representatives
Campaigning strongly 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.
Election (Elezzjoni)
Party leader
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Position
Government
2008
Norman Lowell
84
0.03
New
5th
extra-parliamentary
European Parliament
Norman Lowell was the party's candidate in the first European Parliament elections that were held in Malta on 12 June 2004. He obtained 1,603 first-count votes from a total of 250,691 votes cast (0.64%). In the 2009 European Parliament elections , Lowell obtained 3,359 first-count votes (a 122% increase over the 2008 MEP elections).[18] Mr. Lowell ran again in 2014 and got 7,000 votes, more than double the 2009 MEP result.
Election
Leader
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Rank
EP Group
2004
Norman Lowell
1,603
0.65
New
4th
–
2009
3,637
1.47
0
4th
2014
7,418
2.68
0
4th
2019
8,238
3.17
0
3rd
2024
6,816
2.62
0
3rd
References
^ Malta: White Leader Decries "Betrayal of Our Beloved Island" Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Vanguard 17 June 2004.
^ "Far-right group leader sues weekly for libel" . Times of Malta . November 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2021 .
^ "Norman Lowell to contest election" . Times of Malta . 11 February 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2021 .
^ Harwood, Mark (2005), Lodge, Juliet (ed.), "Malta" , The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament , London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 187–193, doi :10.1057/9780230523821_22 , ISBN 978-1-4039-3518-2 , retrieved 11 January 2023
^ "Elections européennes 2009 : poupée brune et vague populiste" . Paperblog (in French). Retrieved 19 November 2021 .
^ Schmitt, Hermann; Teperoglou, Eftichia (3 July 2015). "The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe: Second-Order or Critical Elections?" . South European Society and Politics . 20 (3): 287–309. doi :10.1080/13608746.2015.1078271 . ISSN 1360-8746 . S2CID 154854512 .
^ Lorenzo De Sio, Vincenzo Emanuele, Nicola Maggini (2014). Malta : hidden change? . Roma: CISE – Centro Italiano Studi Elettorali. ISBN 978-88-98012-15-2 . OCLC 938598181 . {{cite book }}
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^ Leusch, Caroline (7 October 2019). "Maltese exceptionalism in the populist trend" . MaRBLe . 1 . doi :10.26481/marble.2019.v1.752 . ISSN 2468-0311 .
^ Political handbook of the world 2012 . Tom Lansford. Los Angeles: Sage. 2012. p. 914. ISBN 978-1-4522-3434-2 . OCLC 794595888 .{{cite book }}
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^ Malta: White Leader Decries "Betrayal of Our Beloved Island" Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Vanguard 17 June 2004.
^ Radical–Racialist–Right–Revolutionary-Reactionaries! Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Vanguard 11 February 2004.
^ Atkins, Stephen E. (2009). Holocaust denial as an international movement . Westport, Conn.: Praeger. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-313-34539-5 . OCLC 624337327 .
^ Routledge handbook of European elections . Donatella M. Viola. London. 2016. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7 . OCLC 918941246 .{{cite book }}
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^ Bar-On, Tamir (1 January 2012). "The French New Right's Quest for Alternative Modernity" . Fascism . 1 (1): 21. doi :10.1163/221162512X631198 . ISSN 2211-6249 .
^ "Imperium Europa officially becomes political party, leader Norman Lowell to run for MEP - The Malta Independent" . www.independent.com.mt . Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ "Police question Lowell's adherents on arson attack" . Malta Today . 26 March 2006. Archived from the original on 22 April 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2023 .
^ Hockenos, Paul (9 May 2019). "Is There a Secret Recipe for Preventing Far-Right Populism?" . Foreign Policy . Retrieved 11 January 2023 .
^ "2009 MEP Election Results in Malta" .
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