Updated: De Marco wants more open, responsive Nationalist Party

Updated - Adds video - Mario de Mario this evening outlined his aims should he be elected leader of the Nationalist Party, saying he wanted to move the party closer to the people, especially those who had strayed from it or never considered it as their choice. Speaking at a press conference,  he stressed that this was all about renewal and change. The party, he said, needed to truly represent every sector of society. It needed to be more inclusive and open not only to its members but all those who wished to contribute ideas. The party had to be an instrument to push forward society. But rather than expecting society to change according to its political beliefs, it should be the party which should be prepared to change in line with an evolving modern, European society. The party, he said, needed to review its structures and also assess why it had lost the general election by 36,000 votes. Was society becoming more liberal, for example? “We have to accept that society is changing,” he said, adding that it would be wrong if the party was perceived as being conservative. Over the years, he said, the structures of the party had not changed much. The party needed to have more effective...