The Citizens' List ( lb, Biergerlëscht, french: Liste des citoyens) is a
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 land ...
ian
political party
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. It was founded in the run-up to the
2009 Chamber of Deputies election and
European election. It ran in two
circonscriptions; in
Sud
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* Sud (department), an administrative subdivision of Haiti
* Sud Department (Ivory Coast), defunct administrative subdivision of I ...
, the list was to be headed by
Aly Jaerling
Alphonse 'Aly' Jaerling (born 30 January 1948 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgish politician. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 1999, when he was first elected for the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) until 2009. He is also a me ...
, then an
independent
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* Independe ...
member of the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon ...
, whilst, in
Nord
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* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Film and televis ...
, it was led by
Jean Ersfeld
Jean Ersfeld (born c.1953) is a politician from Luxembourg.
Background and political stances
He founded the Free Party of Luxembourg (FPL) in 2003 and led it in Luxembourg's legislative elections in 2004. None of the FPL's candidates, includin ...
, formerly leader of the
Free Party of Luxembourg
The Free Party of Luxembourg ( lb, Fräi Partei Lëtzebuerg), abbreviated as FPL, was a political party in Luxembourg.
Foundation and 2004 elections
Founded in 2003, it emerged onto the political scene in the run-up to the 2004 legislative ele ...
.
The party stands for increased pension rights,
following on from Jaerling's former membership of the (formerly
single-issue
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Political expression
One weakness of such an approach is that effective political parties are usually coalitions of fact ...
)
Alternative Democratic Reform Party
The Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR; lb, Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei, french: Parti réformiste d'alternative démocratique, german: Alternative Demokratische Reformpartei) is a conservative and mildly populist political party ...
;
social justice
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; and an
anti-establishment
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opposition to the major political parties.
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Conservative parties in Luxembourg
Pensioners' parties
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Political parties established in 2009
2009 establishments in Luxembourg
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