Luxembourg is a

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for

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covering the

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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 ...

. It is currently represented by six

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. Luxembourg uses the

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Returned Members of the European Parliament

Note on European parties: the

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

(CSV) is a member of the centre-right

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, the

Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei, french: Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois, german: Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei), abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic, pr ...

is a member of the centre-left

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(sitting with S&D) and the

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(DP) is a member of the centrist

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(sitting with ALDE).

Elections

1979

The 1979 European election was the first election to the European Parliament and the first for Luxembourg.

1984

The 1984 European election was the second election to the European Parliament and the second for Luxembourg.

1989

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and the third for Luxembourg.

1994

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Luxembourg.

1999

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and the fifth for Luxembourg. The elections were held on 13 June 1999.

Astrid Lulling Astrid Lulling (born 11 June 1929, in Schifflange) is a politician in Luxembourg. She was a Member of the European Parliament (1965–1974 and 1989–2014) for the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party. Positi ...

and

Jacques Santer Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937) is a Luxembourg politician who served as the 9th President of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He served as Finance Minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and the 20th Prime Minister of Luxembo ...

(former Commission President) were elected for the

(

Colette Flesch Colette Flesch (born 16 April 1937 in Dudelange) is a Luxembourgish politician and former fencer. Life She gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Wellesley College in 1960, then earned an M.A. in International Affairs from ...

for the

(

) and

Robert Goebbels Robert Goebbels (born 3 April 1944) is a former politician in Luxembourg, and a former Member of the European Parliament for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Goebbels started his career as one o ...

and

Jacques Poos Jacques François Poos (3 June 1935 – 19 February 2022) was a Luxembourgish politician. Early life and education Born in 1935, in Luxembourg, Poos was a trained economist and became a doctor of economics in 1961, when he graduated from the Un ...

for the

(

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the sixth for Luxembourg. The elections were held on 13 June 2004. The ruling

polled strongly, while the opposition

lost ground.

2009

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the seventh for Luxembourg. The elections were held on 7 June 2009.

2014

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the eighth for Luxembourg. The elections were held on 25 May 2014.

2019

The

2019 European election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the ninth for Luxembourg.

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

List of MEPs
europarl.europa.eu {{Constituencies of Luxembourg 1979 establishments in Luxembourg Constituencies established in 1979

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European Parliament constituencies European Parliament elections in Luxembourg