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The Communist Party of Luxembourg (
Luxembourgish: Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg; French: Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois; German: Kommunistische Partei Luxemburgs; abbr. KPL or PCL) is a communist party in Luxembourg. Ali Ruckert is the current chairman of the party.[2]
History
The KPL was founded on 2 January 1921, in the town of Niederkorn, making it one of the oldest parties in Luxembourg. In 1937, the Bech government attempted to introduce the so-called Maulkuerfgesetz ("Muzzle law") which would have banned the party. The law was abandoned after failing to achieve popular support in a national referendum.
Following the end of the
car accident, he was replaced by Dominique Urbany. After the death of the leader of the LSAP
, the coalition collapsed. With the principle of an all-inclusive government gone, the KPL was excluded from the next government and never returned another member to the cabinet.
In 1964, the
Luxembourgish
: Revolutionär Sozialistesch Partei).
In 1999, the KPL and the New Left agreed to found
2004 elections
the party again ran separate lists. A number of the Left members were subsequently expelled from the KPL.
The KPL is represented locally on the councils of Differdange and Rumelange. In Rumelange, it is part of the ruling coalition together with the LSAP.[4][needs update?]
Election results
Chamber of Deputies
| Year | Votes | % | Elected seats | Seats after | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1922[a]
|
6,976 | 1.0 (#5) | 0 / 25
|
0 / 48
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
1925
|
15,443 | 0.9 (#11) | 0 / 47
|
 0
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
1928[a]
|
Did not participate | 0 / 28
|
0 / 52
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
1931[a]
|
6,264 | 0.7 (#8) | 0 / 27
|
0 / 54
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary |
1934[a]
|
70,940 | 5.2 (#4) | 1 / 29
|
1 / 54
|
 1
|
Opposition |
1937[a]
|
Did not participate | 0 / 26
|
0 / 55
|
 1
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
1945
|
295,701 | 11.1 (#4) | 5 / 51
|
5
|
Coalition | |
1948[a]
|
195,956 | 14.3 (#3) | 4 / 26
|
5 / 51
|
0
|
Opposition |
1951[a]
|
35,662 | 3.2 (#4) | 0 / 26
|
4 / 52
|
1
|
Opposition |
1954
|
211,171 | 7.3 (#4) | 3 / 52
|
1
|
Opposition | |
1959
|
220,425 | 7.2 (#4) | 3 / 52
|
0
|
Opposition | |
1964
|
330,909 | 10.4 (#3) | 5 / 56
|
2
|
Opposition | |
1968
|
402,610 | 13.1 (#4) | 6 / 56
|
1
|
Opposition | |
1974
|
314,635 | 8.8 (#4) | 5 / 59
|
1
|
Opposition | |
1979
|
177,286 | 4.9 (#5) | 2 / 59
|
3
|
Opposition | |
1984
|
165,960 | 4.4 (#5) | 2 / 64
|
0
|
Opposition | |
1989
|
157,608 | 4.4 (#5) | 1 / 60
|
1
|
Opposition | |
1994
|
57,646 | 1.7 (#7) | 0 / 60
|
1
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
1999[b]
|
110,274 | 3.3 (#6) | 1 / 60
|
1
|
Opposition | |
2004
|
35,524 | 0.9 (#7) | 0 / 60
|
1
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
2009
|
49,108 | 1.4 (#7) | 0 / 60
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
2013
|
53,669 | 1.6 (#8) | 0 / 60
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
2018
|
44,916 | 1.3 (#8) | 0 / 60
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2023 | 24,275 | 0.6 (#10) | 0 / 60
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
Footnotes
- ^ Aulner, François. "The capitalist system needs to be 'overcome', says Ali Ruckert". RTL Today. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Aulner, François. "The capitalist system needs to be 'overcome', says Ali Ruckert". RTL Today. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- S2CID 154843326.
- ^ "Rümelingen: LSAP und KPL wollen neue Wege gehen". Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
References and further reading
- Kovacs, Stéphanie (2011). "Les relations entre le Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois (PCL) et le SED (« Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands ») de 1948 à 1983, vues à travers les rapports internes des Archives fédérales d'Allemagne". Du Luxembourg à l'Europe. Hommages à Gilbert Trausch à l'occasion de son 80e anniversaire (in French). Luxembourg: Editions Saint-Paul. ISBN 978-2-87963-836-2.
- Ruckert, Ali, Geschichte der Kommunistischen Partei Luxemburgs, Teil I: 1921-1946, Esch-sur-Alzette 2006 OCLC 219699513
- Ruckert, Ali, Geschichte der Kommunistischen Partei Luxemburgs, Teil II: 1947-1954, Esch-sur-Alzette 2007 OCLC 316277089
- Ruckert, Ali, Geschichte der Kommunistischen Partei Luxemburgs, Teil III: 1955-1960, Esch-sur-Alzette 2010 OCLC 724402104
- Wehenkel, Henri, "Communisme et postcommunisme au Luxembourg", in: Communisme 2014, 1989-2014 - L'éternel retour des communistes, p. 165-172
- Wehenkel, Henri, "Die Kommunistische Partei Luxemburgs. Aufstieg und Fall einer Partei" in: Moreau, Patrick/Marc Lazar/Gerhard Hirscher (eds.), Der Kommunismus in Westeuropa, Niedergang oder Mutation?, Landsberg/Lech, 1998, p. 477-497
- Wehenkel, Henri/ Foetz, Guy/Hoffmann, André, 1921-1981. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kommunistischen Partei Luxemburgs, Luxembourg 1981
- Wehenkel, Henri/Redondo, Jean-Laurent/Hoffmann, André/Urbany, Serge, "Table ronde: PCL et/ou nouvelle gauche: renouvellement et/ou scission", in: Cahiers Marxistes, No. 201, April–May 1996, p. 121-144 ISSN 1195-0013
External links
- Official website
- Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek, newspaper aligned with the Communist Party of Luxembourg
