Alternative Democratic Reform Party
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Alternative Democratic Reform Party
Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei |
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| Leader | Jean Schoos |
| Founded | 12 May 1987 |
| Headquarters | 22, rue de l'eau L-1449 Luxembourg |
| Youth wing | Adrenalin |
| Ideology |
Conservatism National conservatism Economic liberalism Soft euroscepticism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red, white, and blue |
| Chamber of Deputies |
3 / 60
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| European Parliament |
0 / 6
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Alternative Democratic Reform Party (Luxembourgish: Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei, French: Parti réformiste d'alternative démocratique, German: Alternative Demokratische Reformpartei), abbreviated to ADR, is a conservative political party in Luxembourg. It has three seats in the sixty-seat Chamber of Deputies, making it the fifth-largest party.
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 to take a eurosceptic line, and is a member of the anti-federalist Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe.
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