Local politics

The present Marsaskala local council was elected in 2006. While the Malta Labour Party's majority in the locality was confirmed for the third term a new group, the Grupp Indipendenti Marsaskala[1], successfully elected Josie Muscat, a former MP with the Nationalist Party.

The main issue in this election was the controversial proposal of the building of a new waste recycling plant and a number of biogas tanks in Sant' Antnin Valley. This development is being challenged by a committee composed of seven Labour-led local councils (including Marsaskala) and eight local non-government organisations. The matter and has been raised in the European Parliament [2] investigations by the European Commission on the site selection process are ongoing.