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
AbbreviationADR
LeaderFred Keup
Founded12 May 1987
Split fromChristian Social People's Party
Headquarters22, rue de l'eau
L-1449 Luxembourg
Youth wingAdrenalin
IdeologySocial conservatism
National conservatism
Economic liberalism
Soft Euroscepticism
Luxembourgish language interests
Historical:
Pensioners' interests
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
Regional affiliationChristian Group
European affiliationEuropean 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
www.adr.lu

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.

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