Blackout Politics: How the PN Is Rooting for Failure While Labour Delivers

While Labour invests in energy security, the PN recycles panic, lies, and their own record of failure.

 

 

 

The Nationalist Party has once again dusted off its worn-out script — scaremongering, whining, and pretending to care about the energy sector they themselves ran into the ground.

 

In a shameless article published on their propaganda portal, the PN blames the Labour Government for everything from overheated cables to dying fish — a melodramatic, politically motivated rant that reeks of desperation and hypocrisy.

 

Let’s be clear: this is not about concern for the people. This is about a party in civil war mode, grasping for relevance by exploiting summer electricity demands — something every developed country faces. But in Malta, the truth is even clearer: if anyone destroyed our energy resilience, it was the PN.

 

 

 

The Real Power Crisis: The PN’s Legacy of Collapse

 

Before Labour took office in 2013, Malta’s energy sector was a national embarrassment. Power cuts were frequent. Utility bills were sky-high. And the PN’s answer? A crumbling, oil-based power station, riddled with inefficiencies and tied to shady fuel procurement deals.

 

Under the Nationalist administration:

 

• We had the most polluting power generation system in Europe.

 

• Families were suffocating under double the current utility rates.

 

• Malta was at the mercy of oil price fluctuations and opaque energy agreements.

 

That was their “vision”.

 

 

Labour’s Record: From Crisis to Modernisation

 

Since 2013, the Labour Government did what the PN never had the courage or capacity to do — implement a long-term, sustainable, and affordable energy strategy. Key milestones include:

 

• The shift to cleaner energy through the Delimara gas-fired plant and closure of the Marsa plant.

 

• The successful implementation of the interconnector, linking us to the European grid for the first time.

 

• Stable and lower utility bills for families and businesses, delivering real savings for over a decade.

 

• Investment in renewable energy, with schemes for solar panels, heat pumps, and battery storage systems.

 

• The Malta-Italy second interconnector project, already underway and critical for long-term supply stability.

 

• €90 million investment in new substations and cables to upgrade the distribution network — the very investment the PN says doesn’t exist.

 

This is what real energy policy looks like: not reactionary, but strategic.

 

 

Let’s Talk About Planning: PN’s Hypocrisy is Blinding

 

The PN screams about increased demand due to foreign workers and tourists — but conveniently forgets that:

• Labour’s economic growth created the need for more energy, because people are working, investing, and prospering.

 

• The Planning Authority operates under strict permitting protocols — not the “pasti” fantasy the PN invents.

• Roads and infrastructure upgrades have included massive underground utility overhauls, but yes, when networks are 40+ years old, replacement is necessary. Something the PN never did.

 

And now, they blame the Labour Government for population growth, successful tourism, and commercial activity? That’s not criticism. That’s sour grapes.

 

 

Fearmongering at its Worst: A List of Lies

 

The PN’s list of “suffering” is not only exaggerated — it’s offensive.

 

They weaponise babies, pets, sick people, and tourists, as if Labour enjoys power disruptions. But they conveniently ignore:

 

• Heatwaves across Europe are overloading grids, not just in Malta.

• Labour has responded quickly with emergency generators, while long-term upgrades continue.

• €90 million in new infrastructure is already being implemented.

• Malta has one of the most affordable electricity rates in the EU, thanks to long-term hedging and diversification.

 

And the greatest irony? They quote the Auditor General’s 2023 report as if it exonerates them. It doesn’t. It highlights the need for exactly the type of investment Labour is now delivering.

 

 

 

The PN’s Energy is Negative. Labour’s Energy is Progress.

 

The PN has no energy plan. No strategy. No credibility.

 

Just loud voices, old grievances, and an addiction to fear.

 

While they wallow in negativity, Labour is delivering energy reform, infrastructure upgrades, and long-term solutions. Not every challenge can be solved overnight — but unlike the PN, this Government faces challenges head-on and invests for the future.

 

So let the Nationalist Party keep crying wolf. Malta is no longer in the dark ages — and no one is buying their blackout politics anymore.