Alternative Democratic Reform Party
The alternative Demokratesch Reform Party ( German Alternative Democratic Reform Party, French Parti de réforme alternatif et démocratique ), short ADR, is a political party in Luxembourg, on 12 May 1987 as Action Committee 5/6 board for each ( Lux Aktiounskomitee 5/6 Pensioun fir jiddfereen, Fr. Comité d'action was founded 5/6 de retraite pour tous ) at the Centre Convict. The party changed in the course of its history, its name several times, so they renamed themselves on October 12, 1989 in Action Committee 5/6 ( Lux Aktiounskomitee 5/6, Fr. Comité d'action 5/6), and on 22 November 1992 Action Committee for Democracy and Pension justice ( lux Aktiounskomitee fir democracy a Rentegerechtegkeet, Fr. Comité d'action pour la démocratie et les pensions ) to. It derives its present name since the National Congress in streets on April 2, 2006.
- 4.1 Overview of the parliamentary election results
- 4.2 Overview of the European election results
- 4.3 Overview of the council election results
History
The Neutral union Luxemburg called in December 1986, all workers' organizations in the private sector in a joint action for their pensions justice. But the Minister of Social Affairs was after the announcement of a pension reform not inclined to advocate for a single national insurance with the same rights and obligations, which is why on 28 March 1987 ' jiddfereen 5/6 Pensioun fir " a protest demo titled was held and a short time later the Aktiounskomitee 5 / 6 Pensioun fir jiddfereen founded. In this March rally still the Luxembourg pensioners and invalids Association, and the Union of Journalists Luxembourg involved. On the occasion of the situation, there was a petition, in which 10,000 people participated.
The ADR emerged from a one- issue party, which was first elected with a single requirement, namely the same high pensions in all sectors of the economy, took in the Luxembourg Parliament elections on June 18, 1989 and 7.13 % in the Luxembourg Parliament. In a protest of the party and some other Members under the motto Gläich Right fir all Deputéiert (Eng. "Equal rights for all Members " ), which was carried out by means of stairs occupation of parliament ADR excluded from ten public meetings of the Parliament. On 2 December 1990, a process of elimination has been filed against the party MPs Josy Simon. On 8 December 1991 Robert flours was first confirmed as the new National President in office.
On 15 June 1992, the ADR deputies handed a petition with 8,310 signatures list to the President of Parliament and demanded a referendum on the introduction of a national insurance in Luxembourg. On July 6, 1992, there was again a signature campaign of ADR in favor of holding a referendum on the Treaty of Maastricht. On 22 March 1993, the former deputy Fernand CSV Rau moved over to ADR. The following municipal elections on October 10, 1993 she reached the seven local councils. In the parliamentary elections on June 2, 1994, the party won 9% of all valid votes cast, so it was next represented by five deputies in the Luxembourg Parliament. His best election result managed to ADR at the Luxembourg Parliament elections on 3 June 1999 with 11.31 % of the valid votes and the catchment seven deputy to parliament. In the European elections, the ADR missed to enter parliament. On 7 July 1999, the ADR Youth Section was formally established " ADR youth". In the same year in the municipal elections on 10 October 1999 established the ADR succeeded in gaining ten councilors.
Due to the electoral success of 1999, the ADR releasing a own party magazine decided. In December 2000, a new edition of De Pefferkär (engl. " The Peppercorn " ) was officially launched. In July 2001, the party adopted a nationwide poster campaign along the state road to retirement table. This was banned for reasons of traffic safety. Then, a protest rally in front of the Chambre des Députés was held on 12 June 2001.
In the parliamentary elections of 13 June 2004, the ADR reached 9.95 % of the vote and lost two seats in the parliament. On March 12, 2005, it turned out to be the only party against the EU Constitutional Treaty.
In the municipal elections on 9 October 2005, the party had also suffered loss of votes and was only in five rather than the previously representing ten local councils. In April 2006, the former deputy Aly Jaerling from the ADR came out, which the party lost its status as a fraction and then only formed a parliamentary group.
On 13 March 2008, the ADR entered into a cooperative agreement with the Association des Hommes du Luxembourg ( AHL ). This allowed the ADR, including members of the Men's Association to be a candidate on the electoral list. The party went on for the 2009 elections under the slogan Léisungen fir Luxemburg (German "Solutions for Luxembourg " ) into the race. With a total of six top candidates the ADR had also a candidate for the Luxembourg seats in the European Parliament, but not pulled into this.
In the general elections of 7 June 2009, the ADR reached 8.1% of all votes, representing a loss of 1.9 % compared to last year and lost the seat of the party president Robert flours in the east, whereby the formation of a group again failed. Flours was re-elected on 20 March 2010 for the party president, general secretary Roy Reding also confirmed in his office. In the local elections of ADR succeeded in gaining in six local councils.
At the annual National Congress on 25 March 2012, the ADR chose with Fernand Kartheiser as the successor of Robert flours a new National President. On its side the party members Jean bosom chose the post of Secretary General and Vice President quartet consisting of Jean Colombera, Marceline Goergen, Marc Gatti and Roy Reding. In early June 2012, Dany Sobral, Vice President of the youth adrenaline, déi jonk ADR and incorporated as an associate member Secretary Timon garbage home given the choice to resign from their posts and all of its functions or to be expelled from the party after both, according to the ADR, had spread anti-Islamic and right-wing extremist ideas on the Internet; first joined as a full member at the same time from the party.
After the celebration of the 25th anniversary party on November 8, 2012, came in December to several resignations. First, the deputy Jacques -Yves Henckes and the Vice President Marc Gatti from the party came out because they wanted to share the strictly conservative party line of National President Fernand Kartheiser no longer. This was followed by the resignation of party president Katheiser; Honorary President Robert flours took transitional again in the chair. Vice President Jean Colombera came a few days later from as well. A short time later two other members of the National Executive Board.
Political orientation
The ADR due to their initial focus work on future adequacy formerly regarded as " Pensioners 'Party " sees itself as a conservative alternative to the Christian Social Party (CSV ) and the Socialist Workers' Party ( LSAP ).
The ADR is committed to the preservation and promotion of the Luxembourgish language in contrast to the officially dominant French. The euro-skeptic and anti- federalist party is classified as quite conservative, Catholic- fundamentalist and right- populist.
The Student Union Union nationale des étudiant -es du Luxembourg warns the party brochure with their demand for " camps " for misuse of the asylum law and subject to the franchise for Luxembourg nationals " nationalist resentment in parts of the population, resulting in the government's policy not find and feel misunderstood. With the creation of an artificial opposition between Luxembourgers and foreigners also latent racism can benefit ".
After selecting the " vehemently anti-Islamic and anti-feminist occurring " Fernand Kartheiser as the new ADR National President in 2012 feared some wing of the party that the ADR " could now actually at that extreme right-wing party are as they usually constitute their opponents wrongly ".
Organization
European connections
Exploratory talks led by the ADR on November 12, 2001 on a collaboration with a group in the European Parliament, the Union for a Europe of Nations ( UEN); of 25 June 2002 on ADR was a member of its national-conservative party Europe Alliance for Europe of the Nations ( AEN ). After the dissolution of the UEN after the European elections of 2009, the ADR sought a cooperation initiated by the British Conservatives new European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). Represented by the Secretary-General Roy Reding and Mr Fernand Kartheiser the party in the corresponding right-wing conservative party Alliance Europe, on 8 June 2010, the European Conservatives and Reformists ( AECR ) was added.
The formally founded on 17 July 1999 ADR Youth Section " ADR youth " or simply " ADR -J " in December 2008 changed its name to " adrenaline, déi jonk ADR " (Eng. " adrenaline, the young ADR ").
The adrenaline is 2011 Member of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists youth organization European Young Conservatives ( EYC ) since 4 December.
Since November 2010, the youth organization has its own magazine called " hot peppers - de Pefferkär fir d' Art " out.
ADR Women's Section
The current President of the ADR women's section called Béatrice Clement.
Election results
Overview of the parliamentary election results
Overview of the European election results
Overview of council election results
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