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The party presently holds 34 seats in the 69 member House of Representatives.
It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and it returned its two incumbent MEPs, Simon Busuttil and David Casa, in the European Parliament election held in June 2009. Casa and Busuttil will sit with the EPP Group.
The party is led by Lawrence Gonzi, who was elected Leader on 3 March 2004. He was confirmed Leader of the Party following the Party's victory in the 2008 general election.
During the first years of the 21st century, the Nationalist Party embarked on a project to rebuild its headquarters in Pietà . This project was realized on 21 June 2008, when it was inaugurated by Lawrence Gonzi.
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