
Roy Reding, born 17 July 1965 in
Luxembourg City
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, is a
Luxembourg
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ish Member of Parliament, lawyer, politician and vice-president of the
ADR, as well as treasurer of the
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
The European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party), formerly known as Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) (2009–2016) and Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) (2016–2019), is a conservativ ...
(AECR), a centre-right
eurosceptic
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European political party, of which the
ADR is a member.
Life
Reding spent his childhood in Bech, a village near
Echternach
Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in ...
and has lived in
Fischbach,
Mersch
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, the town of Mersch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population o ...
and in
Folschette
Folschette ( lb, Foulscht, ) is a small town in the commune of Rambrouch, in western Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 273.
Folschette was a commune in the canton of Redange until 1 January 1979, when it was merged with the communes ...
by
Rambrouch
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Rambrouch was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of ...
, with his current residence being in
Luxembourg City
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. Reding is the father of four children and is married to Karine Reuter, former Judge and currently
Notary
A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems.
A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
in
Pétange
Pétange (; lb, Péiteng, ; german: Petingen) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette. Pétange lies on the borders with both Belgium and France.
, the town of Pétange, which lies in the ...
. Reding went to school in
Echternach
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with, among others, the former Justice and Culture Minister
Octavie Modert and the former Secretary-General of the
DP,
Georges Gudenburg. Having obtained his qualification of secondary education, Reding studied Law at the
Paul Cézanne University
Paul Cézanne University (also referred to as Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III; French: ''Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III'') was a public research university based in the heart of Provence (south east of France), in both Aix- ...
in
Aix-en-Provence
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, whence he obtained a Bachelor of Laws. Ensuing this degree, Reding obtained a Master of Laws from the
University Robert Schumann in Straßburg.
Having obtained his master's degree, Reding started working on 1 August 1989 as a solicitor in the
luxembourgish
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As a standard form of t ...
bank
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. In May 1990, Reding received his official admission to the Luxembourgish Bar, allowing him to open a chancery in 1993, namely the Chancery Reding and Felten in
Luxembourg City
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. After the separation of the two associates, Reding opened his own chancery in the city centre, located in the
Rue de l'Eau. He retired as a lawyer in 2019 in order to be able to act more independently as an MP and not fall under the possible consequences from the bar. He stated "retiring as a lawyer gives me the possibility to talk freely on each subject without fearing professional repercussions
In December 2022, he was convicted of
fraud
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after selling a property and failing to disclose to the buyer that part of it was legally uninhabitable.
He was given a suspended 1-year prison sentence and a €50,000 fine.
Local politics
Reding's first became involved in politics at the age of 15, when he became a member of the
LSAP
The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei, french: Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois, german: Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei), abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic, p ...
and their youth organization JSL. He engaged actively in politics whilst at school. He was the elected school representative in the Conseil d'Education as well as chief editor of the school newspaper ''De Maulwuerf''. During his time at university, he was president of the National Union of Luxembourgish Students (UNEL) as well as the president of the Socialist Students (''Etudiants Socialistes''). He also worked as a free-lance journalist for the Tageblatt during this time. In 1999 he was elected as a councilman in the Council of Fischbach, receiving the second largest share of the vote.
National Politics
The trigger for Reding's entry into national politics was the
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an unratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European U ...
, (commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty), against which Reding vehemently protested with the viewpoint that the government was manipulating voters with false statements and propaganda in order to get them to ratify the Treaty. Reding became politically active in the
ADR following this, whose views he shared and for whom he ran for the since 2005 unoccupied seat in the
Council of State of Luxembourg The Council of State ( lb, Staatsrot, french: Conseil d'État, german: Staatsrat) is an institution in Luxembourg that advises the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies. Until 1 January 1997, it was also the country's supreme administrative ...
. At the National Congress of the ADR in 2006, Reding was voted into the position of Secretary-General.
During the
Parliamentary elections of 7 June 2009 and the
2009 European Parliament election
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, Reding ran for a seat in both the National and EU parliaments. He narrowly missed out on a seat in the national parliament by a couple of hundred votes, coming second on the
ADR centre list behind
Jacques-Yves Henckes. In the National Congress of 25 March 2012, Reding was voted into the position of Vice-President.
In the snap elections of October 2013, Reding reclaimed the centre seat for the
ADR after
Jacques-Yves Henckes left the party.
On 13 November 2013, Reding was sworn in as a Member of Parliament. He became a member of the Parliamentary Commissions for Justice, Agriculture and Viticulture, Consumer Protection, Secondary Education, Media and Communication, and Research. He was also elected as a representative for Luxembourg in the
Benelux Parliament
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. Reding was re-elected in the October 2018 elections, improving his vote share by 12.4% to a total of 6,319.
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Reding is presenter on the
Luxembourgish
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As a standard form of t ...
Channel ".dok". Primarily, the socially dedicated lawyer presents his show "Vu Fall zu Fall" in which he answers complicated legal questions as well as reporting on interesting developments in the Judicial landscape of Luxembourg, along with his wife Karine Reuter.
Reding also presents the show ''City Talk'' in which he discusses political themes about
Luxembourg City
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with his guests.
Re-Entry into Communal Politics
In the Communal Elections of October 2017, Reding was elected into the Communal Council of
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the G ...
.
He sits as the sole representative of the
ADR on the Council, and is a member of the Commission on Urban Development.
References
External links
Homepage von Roy RedingBlog von Roy RedingArtikel von Reding, 17 Jahre(PDF; 293 kB)
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1965 births
Living people
Alternative Democratic Reform Party politicians
Luxembourgian politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)