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{{short description|Political party in Malta}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = AD+PD
| logo             = AD+PD logo.svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|AD+PD}}
| leader1_title    = Chairperson
| leader1_name     = [[Sandra Gauci]]
| leader2_title    = Co-Deputy Chairpersons
| leader2_name     = {{ubl|[[Carmel Cacopardo]]|[[Mina Tolu]]}}
| founders         = {{ubl|[[Timothy Alden (politician)|Timothy Alden]]|[[Carmel Cacopardo]]}}
| foundation       = {{start date|2020|10|17|df=y}}
| youth_wing       = Kollettiv Żgħażagħ EkoXellugin<ref name="Beacon Media Group">{{cite news |last1=Muscat |first1=Gavin |title=Approvat il-kumitat ġdid tal-fergħa taż-żgħażagħ tal-ADPD |url=https://newsbook.com.mt/approvat-il-kumitat-gdid-tal-fergha-taz-zghazagh-tal-adpd/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |work=Newsbook |publisher=Beacon Media Group |date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
| merger           = {{ubl|[[Democratic Alternative (Malta)|Democratic Alternative]]|[[Democratic Party (Malta)|Democratic Party]]}}
| ideology         = {{ubl|[[Green politics]]|[[Progressivism]]}}
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| colours          = {{ubl|{{color box|#FFE600|border=darkgray}} [[Yellow]]|{{color box|{{party color|AD+PD}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green]]|{{color box|#FF7332|border=darkgray}} [[Orange (colour)|Orange]]}}
| european         = [[European Green Party]]
| international    = [[Global Greens]]
| seats1_title     = [[Parliament of Malta|House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|79|{{party color|AD+PD}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|AD+PD}}}}
| seats3_title     = Mayors of Localities
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|68|{{party color|AD+PD}}}}
| website          = {{URL|adpd.mt}}
| country          = Malta
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|2|462|{{party color|AD+PD}}}}
| seats4_title     = Local Council Seats
}}
{{Politics of Malta}}

'''AD+PD''', also written as '''ADPD''', is a [[Green politics|green]] and [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[List of political parties in Malta|political party]] in [[Politics of Malta|Malta]].<ref name="merger approved mtg" /><ref name="times formally merged">{{cite news|date=17 October 2020|title=AD+PD formalised as small parties merge|language=en-gb|work=Times of Malta|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/adpd-formalised-as-small-parties-merge.825421|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> The party was founded on 17 October 2020 by a merger of the two most prominent [[Third party (politics)|third parties]] in Malta, the green [[Democratic Alternative (Malta)|Democratic Alternative]] (AD) and the social liberal [[Democratic Party (Malta)|Democratic Party]] (PD).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sansone|first=Kurt|date=16 October 2020|title=AD+PD is new name for merger between Alternattiva and Partit Demokratiku|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/105342/adpd_is_new_name_for_merger_between_alternattiva_and_partit_demokratiku|access-date=17 October 2020|website=Malta Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=17 October 2020|title=AD+PD formalised as small parties merge|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/adpd-formalised-as-small-parties-merge.825421|access-date=17 October 2020|website=Times of Malta|language=en-gb}}</ref>

== History ==
Talks of unification started in September 2019 by the leaders of both parties and were announced in December 2019, when both parties met up next to the memorial of [[Murder of Karin Grech|Karin Grech]] in [[San Ġwann]]. "I had long argued for the consolidation of third party politics into the new movement the country needs" stated [[Timothy Alden (politician)|Timothy Alden]], then leader of PD. AD Chairman Carmel Cacopardo had stated that both parties had agreed on broad strokes in principle and were working together to move forward with the movement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PD and AD prepare to join forces for next general election|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/pd-and-ad-prepare-to-join-forces-for-next-general-election.759921|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Times of Malta|date=28 December 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref>

In a joint article published in ''[[The Malta Independent]]'', Timothy Alden and Carmel Cacopardo stated that AD and PD had developed on the basis of dissent against power; both parties having been formed as acts of rebellion against injustices in the [[Labour Party (Malta)|Labour Party.]] They stated that they shared a determination to address important issues which others conveniently try to ignore, and that over the years it had been AD and PD who had been at the forefront of the struggle for a better environment, good governance, transparency and accountability.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dynamics of the AD/PD merger: one step at a time - The Malta Independent|url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2020-08-02/newspaper-opinions/Dynamics-of-the-AD-PD-merger-one-step-at-a-time-6736225720|access-date=2020-11-02|website=www.independent.com.mt}}</ref>

The party was officially announced as "AD+PD" on the 1 August 2020 when both parties met and signed an agreement to begin the merger process.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malta's small parties to merge|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltas-small-parties-to-merge.808962|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Times of Malta|date=August 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref> From then on both parties promised to function as a single entity with a transition team. On 17 October 2020, both parties merged into a single party under a transitional executive, in preparation for the first [[annual general meeting]] to be held in May 2021.<ref name="merger approved mtg">{{cite news |title=Il-Kumitat AD+PD approvat waqt il-laqgħa ġenerali annwali 17 ta' Ottubru 2020 |url=https://www.alternattiva.org.mt/il-kumitat-adpd-approvat-waqt-il-laqgha-generali-annwali-17-ta-ottubru-2020/ |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=AD+PD |date=17 October 2020 |language=mt}}</ref>

In August 2023, the party's youth wing voted to change its name from ADŻ Green Youth to Kollettiv Żgħażagħ EkoXellugin (Collective of Young EcoLeftists).<ref name="Beacon Media Group">{{cite news |last1=Muscat |first1=Gavin |title=Approvat il-kumitat ġdid tal-fergħa taż-żgħażagħ tal-ADPD |url=https://newsbook.com.mt/approvat-il-kumitat-gdid-tal-fergha-taz-zghazagh-tal-adpd/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |work=Newsbook |publisher=Beacon Media Group |date=30 August 2023}}</ref>

== Election results ==
=== House of Representatives ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Rank
! Status
|-
! [[2022 Maltese general election|2022]]
| align="left"| [[Carmel Cacopardo]]
| 4,747
| 1.61%
| {{Composition bar|0|79|{{party color|AD+PD}}}}
| New
| 3rd
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}

=== European Parliament ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Rank
! EP Group
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Malta|2024]]
| Sandra Gauci
| 3,109
| 1.19
| {{Composition bar|0|6|hex={{party colour|AD+PD}}}}
| New
| {{increase}} 4th
| –
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://adpd.mt/}}

{{Maltese political parties}}
{{Green parties}}
{{European Green Party}}

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