Diekirch communal council (French : Conseil communal de Diekirch) is the local council for the commune of Diekirch, in north-eastern Luxembourg.
French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French.
A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. The term is used to contrast with offices at state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government and also to supranational government which deals with governing institutions between states. Local governments generally act within powers delegated to them by legislation or directives of the higher level of government. In federal states, local government generally comprises the third tier of government, whereas in unitary states, local government usually occupies the second or third tier of government, often with greater powers than higher-level administrative divisions.
Luxembourg's 102 Communes conform to LAU Level 2 and are the country's lowest administrative divisions.
It consists of thirteen members, elected every six years by proportional representation. [1] The last elections were held on 9 October 2005, and resulted in a draw between the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). In the collège échevinal , the CSV forms a coalition with The Greens, under the leadership of CSV mayor Jacques Dahm. [1]
Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.
The Christian Social People's Party, abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian-democratic ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, is strongly pro-European. The CSV is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International (CDI).
The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic political party in Luxembourg. The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2013 general election, and has one seat in the European Parliament. The LSAP is currently part of the Bettel-Schneider government, with Etienne Schneider of the LSAP serving as Deputy Prime Minister. Since March 2014 the party's President has been Claude Haagen.
| Party | Seats | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 5 | Robert Bohnert, Paul Bonert, Jacques Dahm, Françoise Kerger-Faber, Nico Michels | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 5 | René Blum, Emile Eischen, Claude Haagen, René Kanivé, Claude Thill | |
| The Greens | 2 | Elisabeth Hoffmann, Fränk Thillen | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | 1 | Ernest Breuskin | |
| Source: Commune of Diekirch | |||
Since the elections of October 2011, the composition of the council has changed. The socialist party LSAP has 7 members, CSV 3, DP 2, Déi Greng 1. The mayor is Claude Haagen (LSAP)
