Malta

Malta is the smallest member state of the Union, an island nation at the heart of the Mediterranean with a history shaped by every great civilisation of the region. It joined the European Union in 2004, in the enlargement that reunited the continent, and adopted the euro in 2008.

Since accession, Malta has anchored itself firmly in the European family, contributing its strategic position at the crossroads of Europe and Africa and its long experience as a bridge between cultures and peoples.

In the European Parliament, Malta holds 6 seats (2024) — the minimum guaranteed to every member state, a reminder that the voice of the smallest counts alongside that of the largest.

Malta embodies a principle the European Democrats hold firm: that European solidarity means every member, however small, has a full and equal place at the European table.