The Taxpayer (Luxembourg)

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The Taxpayer (Luxembourgish : De Steierzueler, French : Le Contribuable, German : Der Steuerzahler)^[1] was a political party in Luxembourg. It contested the 1999 election to the Chamber of Deputies, but disbanded afterwards.

The Taxpayer was a middle-class party that campaigned for lower government expenditure,^[2] and more transparency in government budgetary spending. In 1999, it contested only the Centre constituency, in which it came eighth and last, with only 1.3% of the vote. This amounted to 0.4% nationwide.^[3]

A disproportionate number of these votes were cast for the leader Jhemp Bertrand,^[3] a long-time councillor in Schuttrange and tax resister who had run under a number of other party names before.^[4]

Footnotes

↑ "Little Luxembourg makes a big impact". European Voice . 3 June 1999.
↑ Day, Alan John (2002). Political Parties of the World . John Harper. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-9536278-7-5.
1 2 "Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
↑ Hilgert, Romain (6 February 2004). "The Birth of a Party". Lëtzebuerger Land (in Luxembourgish).

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[1] "Little Luxembourg makes a big impact". European Voice . 3 June 1999.

[2] Day, Alan John (2002). Political Parties of the World . John Harper. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-9536278-7-5.

[Circonscription_Centre-3] 1 2 "Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

[4] Hilgert, Romain (6 February 2004). "The Birth of a Party". Lëtzebuerger Land (in Luxembourgish).

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