Imperium Europa

Imperium Europa
Leader	Norman Lowell
Founder	Norman Lowell
Founded	2000
Registered	2019
Headquarters	Valletta
Ideology	Neo-Nazism Neo-fascism White nationalism[1] Pan-European nationalism Anti-Islam
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Gold   Red   Black
Slogan	Ave Europa nostra vera patria
Website
imperium-europa.org
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Imperium Europa is a neo-fascist political party in Malta. It was founded in 2000 by Norman Lowell, who is also its leader. Its primary aim is to unite Europe into one political entity.

Party programme

Imperium Europa is positioned on the far-right^[2][3][4] on the political spectrum and it has been described as a neo-Nazi,^[5] neo-fascist,^[6][7] right-wing populist,^[8] radical right,^[9] and white nationalist party.^[10][11] As stated in its program, its goal is to unite all European natives under one flag, hence the name "Imperium Europa", leading to "a Europid bond forged through spirituality (cosmotheism, not Christianity) closely followed by race, nurtured through high culture, protected by high politics, enforced by the elite."^[12] Imperium Europa is also opposed to immigration.^[13] Imperium Europa has connections with the French Nouvelle Droite.^[14]

It was officially registered as a political party in 2019.^[15] Its leader, Lowell, has expressed sympathy for Adolf Hitler.^[16][17]

Electoral history

House of Representatives elections

Campaigning strongly against illegal immigrants, Lowell was the party's candidate in the 11th and 12th Districts in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He obtained 84 votes on first count from both districts, obtaining 0.03% of the overall votes.

Election (Elezzjoni)	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2008	Norman Lowell	84	0.03	0 / 69	New	5th	extra-parliamentary

European parliamentary elections

Norman Lowell was the party's candidate in the first European Parliament elections that were held in Malta on 12 June 2004. He obtained 1,603 first-count votes from a total of 250,691 votes cast (0.64%). In the 2009 European Parliament elections, Lowell obtained 3,359 first-count votes (a 122% increase over the 2008 MEP elections).^[18] Mr. Lowell ran again in 2014 and got 7,000 votes, more than double the 2009 MEP result.

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats Contested	Seats Won	+/–	Position
2004	Norman Lowell	1,603	0.65	1 / 5	0 / 5	New	4th
2009		3,637	1.47	2 / 5	0 / 5		4th
2014		7,418	2.68	3 / 5	0 / 6		4th
2019		8,238	3.17	1 / 6	0 / 6		3rd
2024		TBA

References

1. Malta: White Leader Decries "Betrayal of Our Beloved Island" Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Vanguard 17 June 2004.
2. "Far-right group leader sues weekly for libel". Times of Malta. November 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
3. "Norman Lowell to contest election". Times of Malta. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
4. Harwood, Mark (2005), Lodge, Juliet (ed.), "Malta", The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 187–193, doi:10.1057/9780230523821_22, ISBN 978-1-4039-3518-2, retrieved 11 January 2023
5. "Elections européennes 2009 : poupée brune et vague populiste". Paperblog (in French). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
6. Schmitt, Hermann; Teperoglou, Eftichia (3 July 2015). "The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe: Second-Order or Critical Elections?". South European Society and Politics. 20 (3): 287–309. doi:10.1080/13608746.2015.1078271. ISSN 1360-8746. S2CID 154854512.
7. Lorenzo De Sio, Vincenzo Emanuele, Nicola Maggini (2014). Malta : hidden change?. Roma: CISE – Centro Italiano Studi Elettorali. ISBN 978-88-98012-15-2. OCLC 938598181.
8. Leusch, Caroline (7 October 2019). "Maltese exceptionalism in the populist trend". MaRBLe. 1. doi:10.26481/marble.2019.v1.752. ISSN 2468-0311.
9. Political handbook of the world 2012. Tom Lansford. Los Angeles: Sage. 2012. p. 914. ISBN 978-1-4522-3434-2. OCLC 794595888.
10. Malta: White Leader Decries "Betrayal of Our Beloved Island" Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Vanguard 17 June 2004.
11. Radical–Racialist–Right–Revolutionary-Reactionaries! Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Vanguard 11 February 2004.
12. Atkins, Stephen E. (2009). Holocaust denial as an international movement. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-313-34539-5. OCLC 624337327.
13. Routledge handbook of European elections. Donatella M. Viola. London. 2016. ISBN 978-1-317-50363-7. OCLC 918941246.
14. Bar-On, Tamir (1 January 2012). "The French New Right's Quest for Alternative Modernity". Fascism. 1 (1): 21. doi:10.1163/221162512X631198. ISSN 2211-6249.
15. "Imperium Europa officially becomes political party, leader Norman Lowell to run for MEP - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
16. "Police question Lowell's adherents on arson attack". Malta Today. 26 March 2006. Archived from the original on 22 April 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
17. Hockenos, Paul (9 May 2019). "Is There a Secret Recipe for Preventing Far-Right Populism?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
18. "2009 MEP Election Results in Malta".

External links

• Official website