VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's opposition Socialists appear set for their first election victory in more than 16 years on Saturday, capitalising on popular anger at ministerial pay rises, high power prices and an oil kickbacks scandal.
The ruling Nationalist Party took the Mediterranean island into the European Union in 2004 and says it deserves to be re-elected for making Malta the second-best performing euro zone economy.
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