This article gives an overview of liberalism in

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. Organized liberalism has since 1904 been one of the three major political forces in the Grand-Duchy. It is limited to

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with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. Not all parties listed have the word "liberal" in their names.

History

Each of the following sections describes an element of Luxembourg's liberalism, beginning with the 20th century. The Democratic Party (''Demokratesch Partei/Parti Démocratique'', member LI, ALDE) is the traditional liberal party.

From Liberal League to Radical Liberal Party

*1904: The Luxembourgian liberals organised themselves in the Liberal League (''Ligue Libérale'') *1925: The Liberal League fell apart in the Radical Socialist Party (''Parti Radical-Socialiste''), the ⇒ Radical Party (1928) and the ⇒

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*1931: The Radical-Socialist-affiliated

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(''Parti Démocratique Progressiste du Nord'') was established. *1934: The liberal parties re-united into the Radical Liberal Party (''Parti Radical-Libérale'') *1937: The PDPN is renamed into the

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(''Parti Libéral''). *1940: The party is banned by Germany *1945: A new

(''Parti Libéral'') was founded. *1950: The Liberal Party merged into the ⇒ Patriotic and Democratic Group. *1974: A new

(''Parti Libéral'') seceded from the ⇒ Democratic Party. *1980: The Liberal Party disbanded.

Liberal Left

*1925: The

(''Gauche Libérale'') seceded from the ⇒ Liberal League *1934: The liberal parties re-united into the ⇒ Radical Liberal Party

Radical Party

*1925: The Radical Party (''Parti Radical'') seceded from the ⇒ Liberal League *1934: The liberal parties re-united into the ⇒ Radical Liberal Party

From Patriotic and Democratic Group to Democratic Party

*1944: After the liberation liberals and members of resistance groups established the Patriotic and Democratic Group (''Groupement Patriotique et Démocratique'') *1952: The party is renamed into the Democratic Group (''Groupement Démocratique'') *1954: The party is renamed into the Democratic Party (''Parti Démocratique'' or ''Demokratesch Partei'')

Prominent liberals

Xavier Bettel Xavier Bettel (; born 3 March 1973) is a Luxembourger lawyer and politician serving as Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2013. He was previously a member of the Chamber of Deputies (1999–2013) and Mayor of Luxembourg City (2011–2013). Be ...

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