Luxembourg elections: a new political chapter
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On 20 October parliamentary elections were held in Luxembourg. The first result was that the ruling party (almost non-stop since 1945), the Christian grammy awards streaming Social People's Party (CSV), was referred to. Opposition benches A new three-party government in the making, led by the Democratic Party, the most radical liberal party in Luxembourg, and the winner of these elections. The Democratic Party evidently relished tune the CSV. The anti-capitalist party Dei Lenk made a less spectacular but solid progress.
For many years, the parliamentary elections were ten languages every five year, with the regularity of a clock. Since 1979, it coincided with the European elections. Thus were the next scheduled in May 2014. This time it was a little different. The elections of 20 October were the result of a political crisis. Four months before they took place, the political life of the country was largely dominated by a scandal involving the intelligence, the SREL.
Firstly, it came to light that the SREL data collected and kept by many thousands of Luxembourg citizens as well as political organizations and campanjes. In fact, those who engaged themselves in perfectly legal activities were seen as a potential threat to the existing social and political order. The proposition that this happened only during the Cold War has clearly false, in some cases, at least then further happened, and there is no guarantee that it would not happen again.
There was established grammy awards streaming a parliamentary inquiry in which sat the only Member of Parliament dei Link. The summary of the activities of the SREL was enlightening: illegal wiretap, spy on individuals without any legal mandate to do so, misappropriation and theft of public funds, attempts grammy awards streaming at corruption, grammy awards streaming creation of a secret police, internal use of confidential information for private grammy awards streaming purposes, operating without clearly defined hierarchical rules, unacceptable behavior to the parliamentary monitoring committee responsible for overseeing the SREL by not or incorrect information to give its activities. Politicians and probably even the Grand Duke's family were tapped. The "cloak and dagger" aspect of the whole thing looked more like a scene from a James Bond movie. It was found that the then head of the SREL a conversation with Prime Minister Jean-Paul Juncker recorded with a specially adapted wristwatch ...
Parallel eventually began a lawsuit (which still continues) on a series of bombings in the 80s, which were then considered as terrorist attacks and known as the Bommeleer case. As was the involvement of state services suspected (a gendarmerie, which has since been shut down, including two of its agents now stand before the court), it now seems very likely that the attacks were carried out (as a training ...) by SREL officers together grammy awards streaming with U.S. agents act in the context of NATO and CIA inspired grammy awards streaming "Stay Behind" - program.
All this called many questions about the process of Luxemburgese "deep state" and the state in general. What the SREL, it was asked what was the responsibility of government figures herein (who? Who did what and when?). This was particularly thought of Prime Minister (since 1995) Jean-Claude Juncker, to whom the SREL was accountable.
Luc Frieden, Minister of Finance and a leading representative of the neo-liberal wing of the hard line of the CSV and the government, was also in the spotlight. Frieden was formerly Minister of Justice and Police, and was suspected of having used his position to try to bury before they came before the court. Bommeleerzaak use
But there were also broader questions concerning the general
Home Who are we? Red-scriptures SAP Expenditure Fund Ernest Mandel grammy awards streaming Belgium political unions, social internationally Africa Algeria Burkina Faso Egypt Kenya Morocco Sudan Tunisia Americas grammy awards streaming Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Venezuela United States (U.S.) Asia Cambodia China Philippines Malaysia Pakistan Vietnam Europe Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Russia Scotland Slovenia Spanish State Turkey international institutions, Middle East, Oceania headings anti-fascism grammy awards streaming anti-racist culture ecology economy feminism history biographies young LGBT + migration struggles and movements grammy awards streaming Expenditure Fund Ernest Mandel our blogs blog Pips Patrons left BuyNow e-shop December 1, 2013
On 20 October parliamentary elections were held in Luxembourg. The first result was that the ruling party (almost non-stop since 1945), the Christian grammy awards streaming Social People's Party (CSV), was referred to. Opposition benches A new three-party government in the making, led by the Democratic Party, the most radical liberal party in Luxembourg, and the winner of these elections. The Democratic Party evidently relished tune the CSV. The anti-capitalist party Dei Lenk made a less spectacular but solid progress.
For many years, the parliamentary elections were ten languages every five year, with the regularity of a clock. Since 1979, it coincided with the European elections. Thus were the next scheduled in May 2014. This time it was a little different. The elections of 20 October were the result of a political crisis. Four months before they took place, the political life of the country was largely dominated by a scandal involving the intelligence, the SREL.
Firstly, it came to light that the SREL data collected and kept by many thousands of Luxembourg citizens as well as political organizations and campanjes. In fact, those who engaged themselves in perfectly legal activities were seen as a potential threat to the existing social and political order. The proposition that this happened only during the Cold War has clearly false, in some cases, at least then further happened, and there is no guarantee that it would not happen again.
There was established grammy awards streaming a parliamentary inquiry in which sat the only Member of Parliament dei Link. The summary of the activities of the SREL was enlightening: illegal wiretap, spy on individuals without any legal mandate to do so, misappropriation and theft of public funds, attempts grammy awards streaming at corruption, grammy awards streaming creation of a secret police, internal use of confidential information for private grammy awards streaming purposes, operating without clearly defined hierarchical rules, unacceptable behavior to the parliamentary monitoring committee responsible for overseeing the SREL by not or incorrect information to give its activities. Politicians and probably even the Grand Duke's family were tapped. The "cloak and dagger" aspect of the whole thing looked more like a scene from a James Bond movie. It was found that the then head of the SREL a conversation with Prime Minister Jean-Paul Juncker recorded with a specially adapted wristwatch ...
Parallel eventually began a lawsuit (which still continues) on a series of bombings in the 80s, which were then considered as terrorist attacks and known as the Bommeleer case. As was the involvement of state services suspected (a gendarmerie, which has since been shut down, including two of its agents now stand before the court), it now seems very likely that the attacks were carried out (as a training ...) by SREL officers together grammy awards streaming with U.S. agents act in the context of NATO and CIA inspired grammy awards streaming "Stay Behind" - program.
All this called many questions about the process of Luxemburgese "deep state" and the state in general. What the SREL, it was asked what was the responsibility of government figures herein (who? Who did what and when?). This was particularly thought of Prime Minister (since 1995) Jean-Claude Juncker, to whom the SREL was accountable.
Luc Frieden, Minister of Finance and a leading representative of the neo-liberal wing of the hard line of the CSV and the government, was also in the spotlight. Frieden was formerly Minister of Justice and Police, and was suspected of having used his position to try to bury before they came before the court. Bommeleerzaak use
But there were also broader questions concerning the general