The Left (Luxembourg)

The Left (Luxembourgish: Déi Lénk [dəɪ ˈleŋk]; French: La Gauche; German: Die Linken) is a democratic socialist[1] political party in Luxembourg.[2] A soft Eurosceptic party, The Left is associated with the The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament but does not have any members. The party participates in the Party of the European Left,[3] and is positioned on the left wing of the political spectrum.[4]

The Left
Déi Lénk
LeaderCollective leadership
Founded30 January 1999
Headquarters5, rue Aldringen, Luxembourg
Youth wingJonk Lénk
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
European affiliationPEL
European Parliament groupGUE/NGL
Colours  Red
Chamber of Deputies
2 / 60
European Parliament
0 / 6
Local councils
8 / 600
Website
dei-lenk.lu
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The Left was founded by the New Left and the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) as an electoral party. It had members from both parties and independents.[5] In the 1999 Luxembourg general election, the Left won 3.3% of the votes and one seat in the parliament; André Hoffmann was elected from the southern constituency. In 2000, after anticipated elections in the city of Esch sur Alzette, Hoffmann became deputy mayor and Aloyse Bisdorff (KPL) succeeded him in parliament. In accordance with the Left's statutes, Bisdorff resigned from parliament and was succeeded by Serge Urbany in 2002. A dispute arose between a number of members of the KPL and the majority of the Left, and the two parties ran separate lists in the 2004 Luxembourg general election. The Left won 1.9% of the votes and lost its parliamentary presence. In the 2009 Luxembourg general election, it increased its share of the vote to 3.3% and Hoffmann returned to parliament as the Left's sole representative; Hoffmann's personal vote of 9,067 in the south constituency was almost equal to the total number of votes gathered by the KPL, which won 10,803 votes.[6]

Election results

Parliament
Election Votes  % Seats +/– Government
1999 110,274 3.3 (6th)
1 / 60
 — Opposition
2004 62,071 1.9 (6th)
0 / 60
 1 Extra-parliamentary
2009 109,184 3.3 (6th)
1 / 60
 1 Opposition
2013 161,759 4.5 (6th)
2 / 60
 1 Opposition
2018 193,594 5.5 (7th)
2 / 60
 Opposition
Constituency2013
votes		 %2009
votes		 %2004
votes		 %1999
votes		 %
Centre51,8515.7535,4113.5020,4511.9927,9992.82
East5,9413.053,9112.252,1791.312,4481.63
North8,1382.565,7852.003,7251.343,6531.41
South95,8295.7364,0774.1336,8682.2876,1744.98

European Parliament
Election Votes  % Seats +/–
1999 28,130 2.8
0 / 6
 —
2004 18,345 1.7
0 / 6
 0
2009 37,929 3.4
0 / 6
 0
2014 67,513 5.8
0 / 6
 0

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Luxembourg". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. Quotidien, Le. "[Communales] Déi Lénk : " L'original plutôt que la copie "" (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  3. EL-Parties. European Left. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. Josep M. Colomer (24 July 2008). Comparative European Politics. Taylor & Francis. pp. 221–. ISBN 978-0-203-94609-1. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. Wagener, Sascha (2009). "The Left in Luxemburg" (PDF). Daiber, Birgit/Hildebrandt, Cornelia, the Left in Europe. Political Parties AndParty Alliances Between Norway and Turkey: 30–40. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  6. Netgen, Éric (2009-06-11). "Empire of the Census". Le Jeudi. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-27.

Bibliography
  • Wehenkel, Henri, Communisme et postcommunisme au Luxembourg, in: Communisme 2014, 1989-2014 - L'éternel retour des communistes, p. 165-172
  • Wehenkel, Henri/Redondo, Jean-Laurent/Hoffmann, André/Urbany, Serge, Table ronde: PCL et/ou nouvelle gauche: renouvellement et/ou scission, in: Cahiers Marxistes, No. 201, April–May 1996, p. 121-144
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