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A referendum on European Union membership was held in Malta on 8 March 2003.[1] The result was 54% in favour. The subsequent April 2003 general elections were won by the Nationalist Party, which was in favour of EU membership, the opposition Labour Party having opposed joining. Malta joined the EU on 1 May 2004.
The referendum saw the highest turnout in an EU membership referendum (91%) and the lowest support for joining of any of the nine countries that held referendums on joining the EU in 2003.[2][3]
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1302 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Briguglio, Michael. "Post-Script: The Malta Labour Party after 1998" (PDF). Michael Briguglio. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011.
- ^ Stajano, Attilio (2006). "Chapter 3.5 An Overview of the Ten Accession Countries of the 2004 Enlargement". Research, Quality, Competitiveness: European Union Technology Policy for the Information Society (second ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 60–85, page 78. ISBN 978-0-387-28741-6.