Ideologically, the party was orientated towards democratic socialism and other left-wing stances until the early 1990s,[3] although since then they have shifted to a centre-left[4] social-democratic position.[5][6] In their party program, they still claim to be a democratic-socialist party,[7] although under the rule of Joseph Muscat, it shifted to a more centrist position,[8][9] and it adopted Third Way policies.[10][11][12] A formerly eurosceptic party,[13] it now retains pro-European stances and is a member of the Party of European Socialists,[14][15] and was previously a member of the Socialist International until 2014.[16]