Liberté opts out of European elections to strengthen national platform

A record number of 13 political parties and movements are running in Luxembourg's European elections this year. Despite not being part of this field, Roy Reding's Liberté, which the former MP of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) founded ahead of the Chamber elections last year, still exists.

According to Liberté president Béatrice Clement, party members have regularly met since October. While Reding is still a member, his contributions nowadays primarily play out behind the scenes.

In conversation with RTL, Clement explained that party members deliberated on a potential run in the European elections, but eventually decided against it: "We are a young party and we discussed it in length. We came to the unanimous decision that we need to get to know our party better and build up credibility. ... Because the European elections are really important, there is no place for nonsense."

Clement went on to explain that there is plenty of work to be done in the Grand Duchy before Liberté can focus on a European campaign. The biggest challenges for them at present are housing, security, mobility, climate, and energy.

On the housing front, Clement proposed the following path forward: "They are only using four floors, how many people can fit on four floors? Not many. We thought how about having 15–20 floors. But, it has to be pretty and big enough to avoid having people cramped into 50 square metres. ... And of course cars should have more room, we want underground car parks so that they no longer have to stand out on the street all night where there is a risk of them getting stolen."

As for energy, Liberté believes in the future of nuclear sources, arguing that solar and wind power fails to cover the demand.

The party intends to wait until after the European elections to hold a press conference and update the public about their latest ventures.