Plaid Cymru has launched its 2019 General Election campaign as it hopes to increase the number of Welsh nationalist MPs at Westminster.

On Monday, members from across Wales converged upon Menai Bridge for the launch.

Party leader Adam Price, addressing the gathering of party faithful at the Victoria Hotel, said that “the people of Wales and the Party of Wales united will be an unstoppably positive force”.

But while there is widespread speculation that the party could stand aside in some seats, as part of an electoral pact with the Liberal Democrats, Mr Price said that “they haven’t reached a final agreement yet”.

Set to tackle his first General Election as party leader, he added that there was “no other party with higher ambition for Wales,” and that “the solutions to Welsh problems are in our hands.”

“That pencil that we will all hold in a few short weeks could be the beginning not just of a new politics, but a new Wales, a new hope for all of us,” he said, hoping to carry on the momentum after the Party came second in Wales during June’s European election.

“It’s us – the people of Wales that hold the key to our nation’s future,” added Mr Price.

“Europe, it’s us. Transforming our economy, it’s us. A caring country, it’s us. Ending poverty, hunger and homelessness, it’s us.

“A healthier Wales, a greener Wales, a prosperous Wales, a confident Wales, an independent Wales. It’s us.

“In a sense, it’s us, or them. The future or the past.

“A powerful new sense of self-belief or more of the same, the failed policies and failed politics of Westminster.

“You know, the people of Wales and the Party of Wales united will be an unstoppably positive force that will change our country for good, a fuse that will light up even the dark nights of this election.”

The party’s Westminster leader, Liz Saville Roberts, is adamant that Wales should remain within “the great union of Europe”.