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- Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election for 30 May 2026 and urged President Myriam Spiteri Debono to dissolve Parliament, which she signed.
- The early vote sets a 33-day campaign, the minimum, and Labour, with a majority, cites a 2.2% deficit, 46% debt and €250 million household savings.
- Opposition leader Alex Borg, newly elected head of the Nationalist Party, will contest the 26th election since 1921, where turnout nears 90%.
