The 2019 European Parliament Elections in Luxembourg in the Context of Past Elections

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the 2019 European election in Luxembourg and to contextualize it by comparing it with past elections. The article presents the party landscape, the electoral campaign, the electoral system and the results of the 2019 European election. The results are then analysed in the context of past national and European elections in order to establish whether European elections are second-order elections in Luxembourg, how electoral volatility evolved over time, whether there is a rise in Eurosceptic parties and how the representation of women has evolved since 1979.

Keywords: European Parliament, election, Luxembourg, second-order election, Spitzenkandidat, euroscepticism