Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats and free-trade liberals have introduced a two-party center-right coalition that may run the Grand Duchy for the following 5 years beneath Prime Minister Luc Frieden
ByThe Related Press
November 16, 2023, 5:34 AM
LUXEMBOURG — Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats and free-trade liberals introduced a two-party center-right coalition on Thursday that may run the Grand Duchy for the following 5 years beneath Prime Minister Luc Frieden.
The Christian Democrat CSV of Frieden received 21 seats within the 60-member legislature in October elections and the DP liberals of outgoing Prime Minister Xavier Bettel had 14, giving the 2 events a cushty majority in parliament.
Luxembourg’s three-party center-left coalition misplaced its decade-long maintain on energy within the elections, principally due to a poor displaying by the Inexperienced celebration. It had solely a one-seat majority in authorities.
“Now we have a stable majority in comparison with these of the previous years,” Frieden mentioned. Bettel will proceed in authorities as overseas minister.
Ten years in the past, Bettel succeeded Jean-Claude Juncker, the Christian Democrat who was Europe’s longest-serving democratically elected chief on the time. The CSV Christian Democrats had been left uncharacteristically on the sidelines for the previous 10 years, regardless of being the only largest celebration.