(, , ) is a
Socialist Political Organisation in
Luxembourg . Déi Lénk was formed on
30 January 1999 by a group of like minded activists, many of them affiliated with existing
Political Parties , notably the
Communist Party Of Luxembourg , the
New Left , the
Revolutionary Socialist Party and the
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party . One of the aims of this new organisation was to present a
Leftist alternative to
Social Democracy .
In the
1999 National Elections Déi Lénk won 3.3% of the votes and one seat in the parliament.
André Hoffmann was elected from the southern constituency. In
2000 , after anticipated elections in the city of
Esch Sur Alzette , Hoffmann became
Deputy Mayor and
Aloyse Bisdorff (KPL) succeeded him in parliament. In
2002 then, according to Déi Lénk's statutes Bisdorff resigned from parliament and was succeeded by
Serge Urbany .
Later however a dispute arose between a number of members of the Communist Party and the majority of Déi Lénk. As a consequence the KPL and Déi Lénk ran separate lists in the
2004 elections. Déi Lénk won 1.9% of the votes, and accordingly lost its parliamentary presence.
It is associated with the
European United Left - Nordic Green Left in the
European Parliament . It does not currently have any members in the parliament, however. The party participates both in the
European Anticapitalist Left and the
Party Of The European Left .
| ''' 2004
votes''' | '''%''' | ''' 1999
votes''' | '''%''' |
| Centre | 20 451 | 1.99% | 27 999 | 2.82% |
| East | 2 179 | 1.31% | 2 448 | 1.63% |
| North | 3 725 | 1.34% | 3 653 | 1.41% |
| South | 36 868 | 2.28% | 76 174 | 4.98% |
