The Free List (, FL) is a
centre-left
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left-wing
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political party
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in
Liechtenstein
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[ As of 2025, it has two seats in the Landtag of Liechtenstein and is represented in five of the eleven local councils. It was founded in 1985 and described itself as ]social-democratic
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and green
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History
The Free List ran for the first time in the 1986 state elections. In this election, and also in the 1989 election, it was unable to overcome the threshold clause.
In 1993, the Free List overcame the 8% electoral threshold for the first time with over 10% in the state elections and was also able to consolidate in the early elections in the same year with 8.5%, although this remained its worst result since then. Having increased to over 11% in 1997
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* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
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and falling again somewhat in 2001
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, FL reached a record 13.0% of the votes in the 2005 election and thus won three out of a total of 25 mandates. In the 2009 elections, it fell to 8.9% and was only able to win one seat. In the 2013 election, its share rose again to over 11%, which in turn brought the party three mandates. In the state elections on February 5, 2017, the party gained 1.5%, but this didn't change the number of seats.
In the 2021 state election, the Free List gained 12.9%, an increase of 0.3%, but the number of seats held by the party remained the same.
Policies
The central themes of the Free List are sexual equality, social justice
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, solidarity
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, environmental protection
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, good public transport
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services, and the integration of foreigners.monarchs
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Youth wing
The Young List (, JL) was founded in 2019 as a young party associated with the Free List.government
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In September 2021, the Young List was constituted as a separate association.
At the general assembly in August 2022, the members Daniel Lochner (from Triesen) and Samuel Schurte (from Balzers) decided to stand as mayoral candidates in the 2023 municipal elections.
According to its own statements, the Young List has around 60 members (as of 2022).
Electoral history
Landtag elections
References
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Political parties in Liechtenstein
Social democratic parties in Europe
Green parties in Europe
Political parties established in 1985
1985 establishments in Liechtenstein
Organizations based in Vaduz