Bettel I Government

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Bettel I Government
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2013–2018
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Date formed4 December 2013
Date dissolved5 December 2018
(5 years and 1 day)
People and organisations
Grand DukeHenri
Prime MinisterXavier Bettel
Deputy Prime MinisterEtienne Schneider
Total no. of members15
Member partiesPage Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  DP
Page Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  LSAP
Page Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  Greens
Status in legislatureMajority government (coalition)
Opposition partiesPage Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  CSV
Page Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  ADR
Page Template:Legend/styles.css has no content.  The Left
Opposition leaderJean-Claude Juncker[a] (2013-2014)
Claude Wiseler[b] (2014-2018)
History
ElectionTemplate:Pluralize from text2013 general election
Legislature termTemplate:Pluralize from text33rd Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies
PredecessorJuncker-Asselborn II Government
SuccessorBettel II Government

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The First Bettel Government (or Bettel I Government) was the ruling government of Luxembourg from 4 December 2013 to 5 December 2018. It was led by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider. It was formed on 4 December 2013, after the 2013 election which saw all 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies renewed. The government was a traffic light coalition between the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and The Greens. It was succeeded by the second Bettel Government on 5 December 2018.

Formation

Until 2013, Luxembourg was governed by a CSV–LSAP coalition under Jean-Claude Juncker. After concerns over political oversight of the intelligence agency of Luxembourg, the Service de Renseignement de l'État, the LSAP withdrew its support from the government. Juncker then resigned as prime minister on 11 July 2013 and asked the Grand-Duke to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies and call an election.[1] In the election held on 20 October 2013, the CSV lost some seats but still remained as the largest party in parliament, though without a majority of seats. However, representatives of the DP, LSAP and the Greens agreed to form a government on election night, after the results had been announced.[2] On 22 October, the Grand-Duke consulted with a representative from each electoral list, and Juncker.[3] The next day he designated Georges Ravarani, the head of the administrative court, as the informateur for the formation of a new government.[3] Coalition talks between the DP, LSAP and the Greens started within a few days, and the coalition agreement was announced one and a half months later, and the new government was sworn in on 4 December 2013.[2] This was only the second government since 1945 that did not involve the CSV.[2] It was also the first time the Greens were involved in government. The three parties had a majority of 32 seats out of 60 in the Chamber of Deputies. Due to the colours associated with the 3 parties (red, blue and green) the arrangement was known as a "Gambia coalition" among some commentators, as it reflected that country's flag.

Overview

In general, the government had two main priorities, curbing the budget deficit, and in the area of social policy.[2] In terms of the former, the government raised the basic rate of VAT from 15 to 17 percent from 1 January 2015.[4]

Same-sex marriage was made legal from 1 January 2015.

On 11 September 2014 the Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider announced plans to introduce a church tax, payable only by members of religious congregations; the churches would then have to pay their clergy's salaries themselves. This would have replaced the system of the clergy being paid by the state.[5]

From November 2014, the government had to deal with the LuxLeaks scandal.

On 7 June 2015, the government held a constitutional referendum, asking, amongst other things, whether residents of Luxembourg without Luxembourgish nationality should be allowed to vote in national elections. While all 3 parties in the government coalition campaigned for a "Yes" vote, the result was an overwhelming "No".

Composition

Name[3] Portrait Party Office
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Xavier Bettel DP Prime Minister
Minister of State
Minister of Communications and the Media
Minister of Religious Affairs
Minister of Culture
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Etienne Schneider LSAP Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Defence
Minister of the Economy
Minister of Internal Security
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Jean Asselborn LSAP Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Immigration and Asylum
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Félix Braz DG Minister of Justice
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Nicolas Schmit File:Informal meeting of ministers for employment, social affairs, family and gender equality (iEPSCO). Handshake and welcome Jevgeni Ossinovski, Nicolas Schmit and Kaia Iva (35979354896) - CROP SCHMIT.jpg LSAP Minister of Employment
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Romain Schneider File:Informal meeting of ministers responsible for development (FAC). Handshake Sven Mikser and Romain Schneider (36349968873) CROP SCHNEIDER.jpg LSAP Minister of Cooperation and Humanitarian Action
Minister of Social Affairs
Minister of Sports
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | François Bausch File:Luxembourg, inauguration tram phase 2 (104) CROPPED Bausch.jpg DG Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Fernand Etgen File:Informal meeting of ministers for agriculture and fisheries (iAGRIFISH). Handshake Tarmo Tamm and Fernand Etgen (36850692206) CROP ETGEN.jpg DP Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture, and Consumer Protection
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Marc Hansen File:Marc Hansen EP 2015 (cropped).jpg DP Minister of Housing
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Pierre Gramegna File:Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (ECOFIN). Handshake, Eurogroup Toomas Tõniste and Pierre Gramegna (36840348840) CROP GRAMEGNA.jpg DP Minister of Finance
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Lydia Mutsch File:Informal meeting of health ministers (iEPSCO). Handshake Jevgeni Ossinovski and (35654717470) CROP MUTSCH.jpg LSAP Minister of Equal Opportunities
Minister of Health
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Daniel Kersch File:DanKersch 2015.jpg LSAP Minister of the Interior
Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Claude Meisch File:Claude Meisch, Jukowo Jugendkonschtwoch 2014-001 (cropped).jpg DP Minister of Children and Youth
Minister of Higher Education and Research
Minister of National Education
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Corinne Cahen File:Corinne Cahen 2015 (cropped).jpg DP Minister of Family and Integration
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Carole Dieschbourg File:Informal meeting of environment ministers. Handshake Siim Kiisler and Carole Dieschbourg (35852057136) CROP DIESCHBOURG.jpg DG Minister of the Environment

Secretaries of State:

Name Party Office
width=5px style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Camille Gira DG Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Francine Closener LSAP Secretary of State for the Economy
Secretary of State for Internal Security
Secretary of State for Defence
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Marc Hansen DP Secretary of State for Children and Youth
Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research
Secretary of State for Housing

On 16 December 2015, Maggy Nagel resigned as Minister for Housing and Minister for Culture.[6] Xavier Bettel announced that he would take over as Minister for Culture, while Marc Hansen, hitherto a Secretary of State, would be made Minister for Housing.[6]

References

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  1. ^ De facto leader of the opposition as the leader of the largest opposition group in the Chamber of Deputes.
  2. ^ De facto leader of the opposition as the leader of the largest opposition group in the Chamber of Deputes.

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Luxembourg PM Juncker offers government resignation". BBC News. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bumb, Christoph (4 December 2015). "Zwei Jahre Blau-Rot-Grün: Von Macht, Reformen und Ernüchterung". Luxemburger Wort (in Deutsch). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Le gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (PDF). Service information et presse. 2014. ISBN 978-2-87999-247-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Luxemburg erhöht ab 1.1.2015 die Mehrwertsteuer". business-on.de (in Deutsch). 12 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Etienne Schneider: Priester-Gehälter nicht mehr vom Staat". Luxemburger Wort (in Deutsch). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Et le nouveau ministre de la culture est: Xavier Bettel". Luxemburger Wort (in français). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

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