Alternative Democratic Reform Party
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The Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR; Luxembourgish: Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei, French: Parti réformiste d'alternative démocratique, German: Alternative Demokratische Reformpartei) is a conservative[3][12] and mildly populist[13] political party in Luxembourg.[4] It has five seats in the sixty-seat Chamber of Deputies, making it the fourth-largest party.
Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei | |
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Abbreviation | ADR |
Leader | Alexandra Schoos[1] |
Founded | 12 May 1987 |
Split from | Christian Social People's Party[2] |
Headquarters | 22, rue de l'eau L-1449 Luxembourg |
Youth wing | Adrenalin |
Ideology | Social conservatism[3] National conservatism[4] Economic liberalism[4] Soft Euroscepticism[5] Luxembourgish language interests[6][7] Historical: Pensioners' interests |
Political position | Right-wing[8][9] to far-right[10] |
Regional affiliation | Christian Group[11] |
European affiliation | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
Colours | Red, white, and blue |
Chamber of Deputies | 5 / 60 |
European Parliament | 0 / 6 |
Local councils | 9 / 722 |
Benelux Parliament | 1 / 7 |
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The party was founded in 1987, as a single-issue party from demanding equality of state pension provision between civil servants and all other citizens.[14] In the 1989 election, it won four seats, and established itself as a political force. It peaked at seven seats in 1999, due to mistrust of politicians failing to resolve the pensions gap,[15] before falling back to four today. Its significance on a national level makes it the most successful pensioners' party in western Europe.[16]
Political success has required the ADR to develop positions on all matters of public policy, developing an anti-establishment,[16] conservative platform. It has adopted economic liberalism, filling a gap vacated by the Democratic Party.[17] It is the largest party in Luxembourg to take a Euro-realist/softly Eurosceptic line,[18] and is a member of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe. The ADR wishes to implement Swiss-style direct democracy and advocates and promotes intensely the preservation and use of the Luxembourgish language in state institutions and society.[7] The ADR is most often characterised as being a national-conservative party.[19][20][21][22]