Cassola misses out on EP seat despite third highest number of first preferences

Arnold Cassola has missed out on a seat in the European Parliament, despite coming in third in first-preference votes cast on Saturday.  The independent candidate spent most of Sunday in third place during vote-counting, behind only PN stalwart Roberta Metsola and her Labour counterpart Alex Agius Saliba.Projections show Cassola received around 13,000 first-preference votes. The...