{"id":49836,"date":"2025-06-14T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/?p=49836"},"modified":"2025-06-14T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:21:42","slug":"roberta-metsola-will-not-be-contesting-pn-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/roberta-metsola-will-not-be-contesting-pn-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberta Metsola will not be contesting PN leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roberta Metsola will not be contesting the Nationalist Party leadership and remain in Brussels as President of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>She said, <strong>she &#8220;cannot abandon&#8221; her responsibilities in Brussels midway through her mandate. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post on her personal Facebook page, she wrote:<\/p>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\" data-ad-rendering-role=\"story_message\">\n<div id=\"_R_laimqaqdfiqapapd5aqH2_\" class=\"x1iorvi4 xjkvuk6 x1g0dm76 xpdmqnj\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fil-karriera politika tieg\u0127i, \u0127adt \u0127afna de\u010bi\u017cjonijiet diffi\u010bli. U\u0127ud tajbin, o\u0127rajn inqas, o\u0127rajn nftehmu \u0127a\u017cin, u\u0127ud \u0121ew ikkritikati jew sa\u0127ansitra manipulati. Din hija l-politika u naf li dak hu li d\u0127alt g\u0127alih.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kull de\u010bi\u017cjoni \u0127adtha b&#8217;mod ma\u0127sub, studjat, u determinat. Dan hu l-mod kif rabbewni biex inkun il-\u0121enituri tieg\u0127i u dan hu dak li jien: mara Maltija u rappre\u017centanta kburija tal-poplu Malti u G\u0127awdxi.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">G\u0127axar xhur ilu, \u0121ejt eletta mill-\u0121did b\u0127ala President tal-Parlament Ewropew, kariga li \u0121\u0121ib mag\u0127ha responsabbiltajiet globali, g\u0127all-Unjoni Ewropea u fuq kollox g\u0127al pajji\u017cna. B\u2019sens ta\u2019 responsabbilt\u00e0, dan hu rwol li ma nistax nabbanduna. Dan qed nag\u0127mlu b\u2019lealt\u00e0 lejn pajji\u017ci, lejn min ivvutali u lejn il-kollegi tieg\u0127i, kemm fil-Partit kif ukoll fil-Parlament Ewropew.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ir-rwol li \u0121ejt eletta fih mhux wie\u0127ed fa\u010bli. Qed ng\u0127ixu fi \u017cmien ta\u2019 sfidi bla pre\u010bedent g\u0127ad-dinja, ta\u2019 eskalazzjonijiet militari fuq l-g\u0127atba tag\u0127na, ta\u2019 diskussjonijiet sensittivi dwar l-ekonomija, ta\u2019 \u0127idma biex niddefendu kull post tax-xog\u0127ol u nsa\u0127\u0127u l-investiment, u ninsabu wkoll f\u2019mument li l-Ewropa (inklu\u017c Malta u G\u0127awdex) tinsab f&#8217;salib it-toroq fuq tant fronti. Min\u0127abba dan kollu, l-impenn u l-attenzjoni tieg\u0127i g\u0127andhom jibqg\u0127u jkunu s\u0127a\u0127. L-impenn u l-attenzjoni tieg\u0127i ma jistg\u0127ux jinqasmu.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fid-dawl tar-ri\u017cenja mhux mistennija tal-Kap tal-Partit Nazzjonalista aktar kmieni din il-\u0121img\u0127a, \u0127afna nies \u0127e\u0121\u0121ewni biex inpo\u0121\u0121i ismi g\u0127all-g\u0127a\u017cla tat-tesserati. Fil-politika m&#8217;hemm l-ebda ambizzjoni personali akbar milli tmexxi l-Partit tieg\u0127ek g\u0127al reb\u0127a fl-elezzjonijiet u tkun il-Prim Ministru ta\u2019 pajji\u017cek. I\u017cda dan kollu mhux dwar l-ambizzjonijiet personali tieg\u0127i, i\u017cda dwar x&#8217;inhi r-responsabbilt\u00e0 fil-politika. Matul l-a\u0127\u0127ar jiem ippruvajt insib formula li biha ng\u0127in lill-Partit bl-a\u0127jar mezz possibbli, filwaqt li nwettaq dmiri b\u2019responsabbilt\u00e0 b\u0127ala President tal-Parlament Ewropew. Impenn li ma nistax in\u0127allih nofs triq.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nifhem li din il-formula ma tistax tkun bija b\u0127ala l-Kap li jmiss tal-Partit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Madanakollu, se nkun disposta iktar minn qatt qabel biex ng\u0127in lill-Kap il-\u0121did fi kwalunkwe mod u rwol fejn isejja\u0127li, biex insa\u0127\u0127u l-Partit, nirb\u0127u l-elezzjoni u nsalvaw lil pajji\u017cna. Irrid inkun \u010bara li nemmen b\u2019sa\u0127\u0127a li dawn t-tliet miri jistg\u0127u jintla\u0127qu jekk na\u0127dmu flimkien. Il-Kap il-\u0121did tal-Partit se jsib l-appo\u0121\u0121 s\u0127i\u0127 tieg\u0127i.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Naf li \u0127afna nies se jsibu din id-de\u010bi\u017cjoni diffi\u010bli. Naf li \u0127afna mhux se jaqblu mag\u0127ha. Naf li \u0127afna se jikkritikaw. Naf li l-Labour, l-esponenti tieg\u0127u u o\u0127rajn, se ju\u017caw l-okka\u017cjoni u l-makkinarju kollu tag\u0127hom biex jimmanipulaw u jg\u0127aww\u0121u d-de\u010bi\u017cjoni tieg\u0127i kif jaqblilhom. Naf li se jkun hemm min jipprova j\u017cebla\u0127ni. Se jimbuttaw il-propaganda tag\u0127hom billi jivvintaw u jg\u0127idu li \u0127adt id-de\u010bi\u017cjoni g\u0127al kwalunkwe ra\u0121uni o\u0127ra g\u0127ajr il-verit\u00e0 &#8211; kif ilhom jag\u0127mlu s-snin. Ma jifil\u0127ux jaraw mara Maltija ti\u0121\u0121ieled g\u0127al dak li temmen fih. Ma jistg\u0127ux ja\u010b\u010bettawha. Se j\u017cidu l-mibg\u0127eda, se jintensifikaw l-attakki, se jirvillaw. Imma jien se nibqa\u2019 ni\u0121\u0121ieled kuljum biex, f\u2019kull ma nag\u0127mel u f\u2019kull de\u010bi\u017cjoni li nie\u0127u, nuri lid-dinja kollha l-aqwa li g\u0127andu x\u2019joffri pajji\u017cna. Jien dejjem se nkun hemm g\u0127all-Partit tag\u0127na u g\u0127al pajji\u017ci, kif dejjem kont minn \u017cg\u0127o\u017citi.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_49836\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"49836\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"http:\/\/livenewsmalta.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberta Metsola will not be contesting the Nationalist Party leadership and remain in Brussels as President of the European Parliament. She said, she &#8220;cannot abandon&#8221; her responsibilities in Brussels midway through her mandate. In a post on her personal Facebook page, she wrote: Fil-karriera politika tieg\u0127i, \u0127adt \u0127afna de\u010bi\u017cjonijiet diffi\u010bli. 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She said, she &#8220;cannot abandon&#8221; her responsibilities in Brussels midway through her mandate. In a post on her personal Facebook page, she wrote: Fil-karriera politika tieg\u0127i, \u0127adt \u0127afna de\u010bi\u017cjonijiet diffi\u010bli. 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