National Movement (Luxembourg)

The National Movement (Luxembourgish: National Bewegong, French: Mouvement National, German: National Bewegung) was a far-right political party in Luxembourg.

The National Movement rose to prominence as a result of the legislative and European elections in 1989, when under the leadership of Pierre Peters. In the European elections, it recorded 2.9% of the vote nation-wide.

The last elections that it contested were the legislative and European elections in on 12 June 1994. They came at the height of a wave of indiscriminate racist attacks, neo-Nazi demonstrations in Luxembourg, and it was suggested that the National Movement may capitalise by winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. However, in domestic and European elections, its share of the vote fell, the party failed to win a seat in either election, and it was promptly disbanded.

Political parties in Luxembourg
Represented in the
Chamber of Deputies 		Christian Social People's Party (26) • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (13) • Democratic Party (9) • The Greens (7) • Alternative Democratic Reform Party (4) • The Left (1)
Other parties Citizens' List • Communist Party • Pirate Party
Defunct parties
Pre-1945 defunct parties Independent National Party • Independent Party of the East • Liberal League • Party of the Right • Radical Liberal Party • Radical Party • Radical Socialist Party • Volksdeutsche Bewegung
Post-1945 defunct parties Communist League • Enrôlés de Force • Free Party • Green and Liberal Alliance • Liberal Party • National Movement • New Left • Social Democratic Party • The Taxpayer • Party of the Third Age • Popular Independent Movement • Revolutionary Socialist Party
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