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Luxembourg: Political Developments and Data in 2021

Another Year Marked by the Covid-19 Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Patrick Dumont
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
Raphaël Kies*
Affiliation:
University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Abstract

Luxembourg politics in 2021 was again largely determined by the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic and its response by public authorities, with an easing of restrictions which was followed by the adoption of stricter measures due to the emergence of the Omicron variant. This sequence caused an outcry in the population, with protests that sometimes became violent. The three-party coalition government was also shaken, at the end of the year, by the decision of three of its ministers to resign from their position. After changes of ministerial personnel within The Greens/Déi Gréng delegation in previous years, this time the turnover (set to become official in 2022) concerned the Socialists/Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei and the Democratic Pary/Demokratesch Partei. But 2021 was also a particularly difficult year for the historically dominant party of the Grand Duchy, the Christian-Social People's Party/Chrëschtlech-Sozial Vollekspartei, in opposition since 2013, but still the largest party in Parliament, as it saw its leader forced out of office.

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