# The Left (Luxembourg)

The Left (Luxembourgish: Déi Lénk; French: La Gauche; German: Die Linke) is a democratic socialist political party in Luxembourg. On the political spectrum, it is considered a left-wing to far-left political party. The Left is associated with The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament but does not have any members. The party participates in the Party of the European Left. The Left wishes to transition Luxembourg from a constitutional monarchy into a republic.
The Left was founded by the New Left and the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) as an electoral party. It had members from both parties and independents. In the 1999 Luxembourg general election, the Left 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 accordance with the Left's statutes, Bisdorff resigned from parliament and was succeeded by Serge Urbany in 2002. A dispute arose between a number of members of the KPL and the majority of the Left; as a result, the two parties ran separate lists in the 2004 Luxembourg general election. The Left won 1.9% of the votes and lost its parliamentary presence. In the 2009 Luxembourg general election, it increased its share of the vote to 3.3% and Hoffmann returned to parliament as the Left's sole representative; Hoffmann's personal vote of 9,067 in the south constituency was almost equal to the total number of votes gathered by the KPL, which won 10,803 votes. In 2013, the party elected two members (Serge Urbany and Justin Turpel).

## Ideology

In 2022, member of parliament Nathalie Oberweis of déi Lénk made a statement concerning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that a peace solution to which Russia as well as Ukraine could agree should be found as fast as possible, and that this could best be achieved by Ukraine renouncing their accession to NATO.
According to their electoral programme (Point 17.4) déi Lénk want the complete dissolution of NATO or at least the exit of Luxembourg from the organisation.

## Election results
### Chamber of Deputies

| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
| 1999 | 110,274 | 3.3 (#6) | 1 / 60 | New | Opposition |
| 2004 | 62,071 | 1.9 (#6) | 0 / 60 | 1 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2009 | 109,184 | 3.3 (#6) | 1 / 60 | 1 | Opposition |
| 2013 | 161,759 | 4.5 (#6) | 2 / 60 | 1 | Opposition |
| 2018 | 193,594 | 5.5 (#7) | 2 / 60 | 0 | Opposition |
| 2023 | 147,839 | 3.9 (#7) | 2 / 60 | 0 | Opposition |
| Constituency | 2013 votes | % | 2009 votes | % | 2004 votes | % | 1999 votes | % |
| Centre | 51,851 | 5.75 | 35,411 | 3.50 | 20,451 | 1.99 | 27,999 | 2.82 |
| East | 5,941 | 3.05 | 3,911 | 2.25 | 2,179 | 1.31 | 2,448 | 1.63 |
| North | 8,138 | 2.56 | 5,785 | 2.00 | 3,725 | 1.34 | 3,653 | 1.41 |
| South | 95,829 | 5.73 | 64,077 | 4.13 | 36,868 | 2.28 | 76,174 | 4.98 |

### European Parliament

| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
| 1999 | Aloyse Bisdorff | 28,130 | 2.77 (#6) | 0 / 6 | New | – |
| 2004 | André Hoffmann | 18,345 | 1.68 (#6) | 0 / 6 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | André Hoffmann | 37,929 | 3.37 (#6) | 0 / 6 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | André Hoffmann | 67,513 | 5.76 (#6) | 0 / 6 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | David Wagner | 60,648 | 4.83 (#7) | 0 / 6 | 0 | – |
| 2024 | Ana Correia da Veiga | 43,701 | 3.15 (#7) | 0 / 6 | 0 | – |