Luxembourg

After one year of interruption that followed three years of elections and referendum,Luxembourgish voters were again invited to the polls, this time to select their localrepresentatives. The local elections confirmed the positive trend of the Christian SocialPeople’s Party (CSV), continued losses for Luxembourg’s Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP)and a stabilization of the other parties. While the issue of identity and language was notat the centre of the local campaign, fears concerning the loss of language and identity dueto economic and population growth (essentially from resident foreigners and commuters)continued to haunt political debates throughout the year. These fears were fuelled by thenew movementWee 2050-Nee 2015that supports the protection of the Luxembourgishlanguage and identity, and the controversies surrounding the new nationality law thatsimplifies the access to the Luxembourgish nationality, the introduction of a bilingualeducation (French and Luxembourgish) in nurseries, and the governmental action plan topromote the Luxembourgish language.Finally,2017 was marked by the adoption of the long-awaited reform of the Council of State and important social reforms