The Citizens' List ( lb, Biergerlëscht, french: Liste des citoyens) is a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

ian

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

. It was founded in the run-up to the 2009 Chamber of Deputies election and European election. It ran in two circonscriptions; in Sud, the list was to be headed by

Aly Jaerling Alphonse 'Aly' Jaerling (born 30 January 1948 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgish politician. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 1999, when he was first elected for the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) until 2009. He is also a me ...

, then an

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member of the

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, whilst, in

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, it was led by

Jean Ersfeld Jean Ersfeld (born c.1953) is a politician from Luxembourg. Background and political stances He founded the Free Party of Luxembourg (FPL) in 2003 and led it in Luxembourg's legislative elections in 2004. None of the FPL's candidates, includin ...

, formerly leader of the

Free Party of Luxembourg The Free Party of Luxembourg ( lb, Fräi Partei Lëtzebuerg), abbreviated as FPL, was a political party in Luxembourg. Foundation and 2004 elections Founded in 2003, it emerged onto the political scene in the run-up to the 2004 legislative ele ...

. The party stands for increased pension rights, following on from Jaerling's former membership of the (formerly

single-issue Single-issue politics involves political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea. Political expression One weakness of such an approach is that effective political parties are usually coalitions of factions ...

)

Alternative Democratic Reform Party The Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR; lb, Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei, french: Parti réformiste d'alternative démocratique, german: Alternative Demokratische Reformpartei) is a conservative and mildly populist political party ...

;

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...

; and an

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opposition to the major political parties.

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