Alternative Democratic Reform Party
The Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR; Luxembourgish: Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei, French: Parti réformiste d'alternative démocratique, German: Alternative Demokratische Reformpartei) is a conservative and mildly populist political party in Luxembourg. 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 | Fred Keup |
Founded | 12 May 1987 |
Split from | Christian Social People's Party |
Headquarters | 22, rue de l'eau L-1449 Luxembourg |
Youth wing | Adrenalin |
Ideology | Social conservatism National conservatism Economic liberalism Soft Euroscepticism Luxembourgish language interests Historical: Pensioners' interests |
Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
Regional affiliation | Christian Group |
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 |
Website | |
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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. 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, before falling back to four today. Its significance on a national level makes it the most successful pensioners' party in western Europe.
Political success has required the ADR to develop positions on all matters of public policy, developing an anti-establishment, conservative platform. It has adopted economic liberalism, filling a gap vacated by the Democratic Party. It is the largest party in Luxembourg to take a Euro-realist/softly Eurosceptic line, 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. The ADR is most often characterised as being a national-conservative party.