If you voted yes for Europe in 2003 and 2004...

And then you felt that the Nationalists have been too long in power; if then you felt that the Labour Party was wrong in not accepting the yes result of the referendum a few months before the elections; if you considered that the partnership solution was not the best for the future of Malta; and you decided to express your first preference vote for the biggest yes party, then, please, keep on reading.

Five years down the line, the situation is still pretty much the same. You may still feel that the Nationalists have been too long in power. Worse, you may still feel angry at Alfred Sant and the rest of the MLP having "no regrets" in still refusing to accept your yes vote at the referendum of 2003. That their promise to renegotiate existing agreements with the EU without another referendum is adding insult to your injury.

You may feel that Labour's "no regrets" of the past confirms that, for them, the partnership solution is still today the best solution for a small country like Malta. If you have any doubt that this is so please read the official MLP policy document Bidu Ġdid. Exactly as was the case five years ago, the anti-EU movement CNI, then allied with the MLP in voting no to Europe, is still enjoying the support of the Labour-leaning media through its weekly column in l-orizzont. This organisation is given equal coverage as the page for Gozo or the page for the GWU's youth.

In 2004, we had discussed at length that, in order to make the most of our majority electoral system, the only party with the strength to guarantee the full respect of our yes vote at the referendum was the big yes party. There can be no doubt that we were right. The Nationalist Party changed leader but not the resolve to push ahead the process of integration into the EU. If anything, Lawrence Gonzi pushed the accelerator harder and we made it in time to enter the eurozone without any tears. Another feather in Dr Gonzi's cap is the signing of the Lisbon Treaty.

Malta is now once more at the centre of Europe and at the centre of the Mediterranean. This shows that our yes vote was respected in action and not only in words.

Therefore, it is us yes voters who should not have "any regrets" in following up our yes vote by giving our preference to the Dr Gonzi's yes party.

We have followed very closely the discussion within the MLP on the EU. They have tried very hard to reassure us that they will respect the people's verdict taken at the 2004 general election. Then why has the MLP leader not recognised the yes victory at the referendum? Why call it an instrument of the "right"? Why not spell out exactly what they intend to renegotiate and bind such renegotiations to another referendum?

It is more regrettable that Alternattiva Demokratika has decided to keep open the possibility of a coalition with this strongly euro-schizophrenic MLP. AD's finest hour was during the strong campaign it had at the EU referendum when we all campaigned shoulder to shoulder for the yes vote. Unfortunately, I sincerely do not recognise the present AD from those days when the EU ideal united us.

Yes , I expected AD to reassure us that no coalition was possible with the MLP until the MLP promises to recognise the 2003 referendum and that any renegotiations with the EU be made only subject to another referendum.

Unfortunately, three days away from the election this will not be done. AD still considers a coalition with euro-sceptic Labour possible.

If all this is disconcerting to you non-partisan yes voter then vote for Europe and, as you felt your single first preference vote was important at the general election of 2004, it is equally so at this election.

Perhaps in five years' time we can finally have our yes vote accepted unconditionally by all. Then, and only then, will our campaign come to an end.