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| name              = Municipal Assembly of Andraid
'''[[Vetonia]]''' is a {{wpl|federal state}} with a {{wpl|multi-party system}} governed along {{wpl|consociationalism|consociational lines}}. The divisions within ethnic groups along class lines renders impossible the formation of a {{wpl|majority government}}, instead {{wpl|coalition (politics)|coalition governments}} have been the norm since the founding of the country in 1917.
| native_name        = ''Assemblia comunala d'Andraid''  
| transcription_name =
| legislature        =
| coa_pic            = Andraid_CoA.svg
| coa_res            = 250px
| house_type        = {{wpl|Unicameral}}
| body              =
| houses            =
| leader1_type      = President
| leader1            = [[Clod Molin]]
| party1            = ([[Workers' Party of Vetonia|PLV]])
| election1          = 9 May 2019
| members            = 100 members
| structure1        = Andraid_Assembly_composition_2019.svg
| structure1_res    = 230px
| political_groups1 = '''Government''' '''(52)'''
* {{Color box|#EF1C27|border=darkgray}} [[Worker's Party of Vetonia|PLV]] 24
* {{Color box|#90EE90|border=darkgray}} [[Greens (Vetonia)|Greens]] 14
* {{Color box|#FFA500|border=darkgray}} [[Republican-Socialist Party (Vetonia)|PRS]] 14


'''{{wpl|Opposition (politics)|Opposition parties}} (48)'''
Nearly all political families are divided along ethnic lines, with multiple parties catering similar ideological profiles to their respective ethnic groups. As a result, parties register as either Javol-Iverdonian, Rugrese, Brillian or Rodenese. Rugrese parties only operate in [[Vellavia]] and [[Tosandria]], whereas Brillian parties only run for election in [[Iverdonia]] and [[Rodenia]]. Rodenese parties operate solely in Rodenia, and nationalist Iverdonian parties, although they register as 'Javol-Iverdonian' only run in [[Iverdonia]]. Typically, most Javol-Iverdonian parties do not run in Rodenia, instead establishing electoral pacts with autochthonous parties. There is also a small number of parties, on the {{wpl|left-wing|left}} and {{wpl|far-left}} of the political spectrum that seek to appeal to voters from all of the country's five ethnic groups.  
* {{Color box|#F27A7A|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Democratic Party of Vetonia|PLDV]] 19
* {{Color box|#76ABDF|border=darkgray}} [[People's Party of Vetonia|PPV]] 12
* {{Color box|#00416A|border=darkgray}} [[National Republican Party (Vetonia)|PRN]] 7
* {{Color box|#A52A2A|border=darkgray}} [[Party of the Democratic Left (Vetonia)|PSD]] 3
* {{Color box|#D44500|border=darkgray}} [[National Democracy (Vetonia)|DN]] 3
* {{Color box|#CC0000|border=darkgray}} [[Communist Party of the Peoples of Vetonia|PCPV]] 2
* {{Color box|#008000|border=darkgray}} [[Agrarian Party of Vetonia|PAV]] 1
* {{Color box|#808080|border=darkgray}} [[Rugrese Electoral Coalition|RVF]] 1
| committees1        = {{Collapsible list |
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Finance]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Transport and Employment]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Housing and Sports]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Elderly and Suburbs]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Education and Training]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Urban Environment]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Social Services]]
* [[Andraid Municipal Assembly#Committees|Culture and Property]]
}}
| voting_system1    = {{wpl|Party-list proportional representation}}
| last_election1    = [[Andraid municipal election, 2019|28 April 2019]]
| session_room      = [[File:Kossuth Square 12, facade, 2015-05-12 Budapest - panoramio (45).jpg|250px]]
| meeting_place      = [[Andraid#Government|Municipal Palace]], [[Andraid]]
| website            = [http://www.andraid.gov.vt/assemblia/ andraid.gov.vt/assemblia]
| footnotes          =
}}
The '''Municipal Assembly of Andraid''' ([[Javol language|Javol:]] ''Assemblia comunala d'Andraid'') is the {{wpl|legislature|legislative body}} of the [[Andraid|Municipal Government of Andraid]], the government of the city of [[Andraid]], the {{wpl|capital city}} of [[Vetonia]]. The Municipal Assembly acts as both a [[Administrative divisions of Vetonia|district assembly]] and a {{wpl|city council}} under the [[Andraid#History|1920 Capital City Regime Law]]. Under the 1920, the Assembly elects and holds accountable the members of the [[Andraid#Government|Municipal Council]] including the  Municipal President. It can also dismiss them through a {{wpl|vote of no confidence}}. Unlike all other municipal and districts assemblies, the Assembly has {{wpl|legislative initiative}} and all laws and local ordinances, including the {{wpl|city's budget}}, require its support.


The Municipal Assembly is formed by a 100 members elected every six years from the city's [[Andraid#Subdivisions|ten districts]] via {{wpl|proportional representation}}. The current Municipal Assembly was elected in Abril 2019 and returned a left-wing majority for the seventh consecutive legislative term. Since May 2019, the president of the municipal assembly is [[Clod Molin]].
From the establishment of the country in 1917, there have been four main political families: {{wpl|Social democracy|social democrats}}, {{wpl|Liberalism|liberals}}, {{wpl|Agrarianism|agrarians}} and {{wpl|Christian democracy|religious parties}}. As early as 1920, however, the more extreme elements of the various social democratic parties split and formed a fifth political family, the {{wpl|communism|communist}}. Likewise, beginning with the 1930s, a sixth party family, a nationalist one, either more politically moderate or on the {{wpl|far-right}} surged. Lastly, beginning the 1970s, the rise of the {{wpl|New Left}} gave birth to two more political parties that appeal to all ethnic groups, the {{wpl|democratic socialism|democratic socialists}}, split from the [[Communist Party of the Peoples of Vetonia|PCPV]] and the [[Greens (Vetonia)|Greens]].


== History ==
== Main ideological families ==
The first known {{wpl|assembly}} that was formed by the citizens of Andraid can be traced back to the year 1103. This first assembly was known as the ''Consilium civitae'' in {{wpl|Latin|Classical Setentrian}}, the 'Council of the City'. The members were delegates from the city's fourteen most important {{wpl|guilds}} and formed both a legislative and a judicial body, and governed together with the consuls, who were appointed through {{wpl|sortition}}.
=== Social democracy ===
The modern Vetonian social democratic parties trace their existence to the {{wpl|labour movement}} of the late 19th century, particularly in [[Vellavia]], which gave birth to the [[Workers' Party of Vetonia#History|Labour Party of Vellavia and Tosandria]] in 1871.  
=== Liberalism ===
=== Agrarianism ===
=== Religious parties ===
=== Environmentalism ===
=== Communism ===
=== Nationalism ===


The government of the city was codified by a Charter enacted by the [[Great Duke xx]] in 1205, in which he recognised the city's rights and privileges and acknowledged the city's Consuls and its Council as the autonomous government of the city. The growing wealth of the city's {{wpl|urban oligarchy}} and the court after its selection as the permanent capital of [[?]] in 1308 would begin to undermine the city's autonomy as successive Great Dukes acquired the rights to appoint the city's consuls and to approve of candidates to the Council. These reforms legally acknowledged in 1555, rendered the city's governance in the hand of a subservient urban patriciate and under close ducal supervision to guarantee the city's loyalty to the Crown.
== Parties ==


As royal power consolidated beginning in the 16th century and until the 19th century, the position of the city Council became increasingly symbolic, as ducal magistrates acquired most legislative powers, turning the ''Consilium'' into a largely judicial body.
{| class="wikitable"
 
! colspan="8" | Vetonian parties in Parliament
[[File:Divald Károly Koronaszállítás 1896-24.JPG|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Duke ?]] arriving at the opening ceremony of the Municipal Palace (1896).]]The creation of the ''Stadsrat'' or ''Consail comunal'' in 1843 as part of the reforms of [[?]] created the first modern, elected city assembly. The assembly was dominated by the city's [[Rugrese people|Rugrese majority]] and suffrage was limited to the wealthiest citizens of the city. As a result of immigration, the demographic balance of the city would began to shift during the latter half of the 19th century. By
 
== Organisation ==
[[File:Ayuntamiento Barcelona salon regente 02.jpg|250px|thumb|left|View of the plenary chamber of the Municipal Assembly.]]
=== President ===
=== Assembly groups ===
Assembly groups are formed by individual assembly members and typically coincide with the political parties that ran in the municipal elections. Assembly groups have special benefits compared to non-attached members, including a dedicated {{wpl|budget}}, longer speaking times, seat allocation in the committees as well as group offices in the Municipal Palace. Assembly group members elect a spokesperson from among them, usually the party's candidate for the municipal presidency.
 
Assembly groups need to be formed by more than four members, with the exception of assembly members from the [[Rugrese people|Rugrese ethnic parties]] that may form their own assembly group regardless of the number of members. Assembly members that do not belong to any assembly group seat in the heterogeneous {{wpl|mixed group}}. There are currently seven groups, six from major political parties and a one-person group from the [[Rugrese Electoral Coalition]]. As of 2019, the mixed group is formed by 9 members from 4 different parties.
 
=== Committees ===
Most legislative work carried out in the Municipal Assembly is done by its various specialised committees. Currently, there are eight committees with different portfolios. Each committee is formed by 11 members and by 6 alternates. The members of the committees are appointed by the assembly groups and are distributed proportionally to their share of the seats in the plenary. Each committee is headed by a president, who is elected by a majority of the members through a {{wpl|secret ballot}}. For significant bills, committees can appoint ''ex officio'' rapporteurs to prepare reports on the bill.
 
In a similar fashion to the [[Chamber of Deputies (Vetonia)| Chamber of Deputies]], although bills are tabled by the municipal government or individual members in the plenary sessions, actual legislative work including the proposal of amendments and negotiations are carried out by committees. Bills are voted in the plenary session on the advice the reports drafted of the competent committees.
 
The current committees are:
 
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:left
|-
!Comittee
!colspan=2|President
|-
|-
| Finance
! colspan=3| Name !! Ideology !! Leader !! [[List of state legislatures of Vetonia|State MPs]] !! [[Chamber of Representatives (Vetonia)|Federal MPs]] !! [[Senate (Vetonia)|Senators]]
| bgcolor="#F27A7A" width=2|
|[[xx]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party of Vetonia|PLDV]])
|-
|-
| Transport and Employment
| style="background:#EF1C27;" | || [[Worker's Party of Vetonia]] <br><small>''Partit des travallers de Vetonia''<br>''Partida dals Lavurers da Vetonia''</small> || PTV<br>PLV || {{wpl|Social democracy}}, {{wpl|progressivism}} || [[?]] (since ?) ||align="center" | 89 || {{Yes2|60 (government)}} || {{Yes2|21 (government)}}
| bgcolor="#FFA500" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[Republican-Socialist Party (Vetonia)|PRS]])
|-
|-
| Housing and Sports
| style="background:#008000;" | || [[Agrarian Party of Vetonia]] <br><small>''Partit agrer de Vetonia''<br>''Partida agrara da Vetonia''</small> || PAV || {{wpl|Agrarianism}}, {{wpl|liberal conservatism}} || [[?]] (since ?) ||align="center" | 43 || {{No2|26 (opposition)}} || {{No2|8 (opposition)}}
| bgcolor="#EF1C27" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[Worker's Party of Vetonia|PLV]])
|-
|-
| Elderly and Suburbs
| style="background:#76ABDF;" | || [[People's Party of Vetonia]] <br><small>''Partit popular de Vetonia''<br>''Partida populara da Vetonia''</small> || PPV || {{wpl|Popolarismo|Popularism}}, {{wpl|social conservatism}} || [[?]] (since ?) ||align="center" | 42 || {{Yes2|23 (government)}} || {{Yes2|7 (government)}}
| bgcolor="#F27A7A" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party of Vetonia|PLDV]])
|-
|-
| Education and Training
| c || [[Flemish Interest]] || Vlaams Belang || Vlaams Belang<!-- abbreviations have a formal character; "VB" is informal --> || [[Tom Van Grieken]] (since 2014) || 42 || {{No2|18 (opposition)}} || 3 ([[European Alliance for Freedom|EAF]])
| bgcolor="#76ABDF" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[People's Party of Vetonia|PPV]])
|-
|-
| Urban Environment
| d || [[Groen (political party)|Green]] || Groen || Groen || [[Meyrem Almaci]] (since 2014) || {{No2|14 (opposition)}} || {{No2|8 (opposition)}} || 1 ([[European Green Party|Greens]])
| bgcolor="#90EE90" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[Greens (Vetonia)|V/G]])
|-
|-
| Social Services
| e || [[Socialist Party Differently]] || Socialistische Partij Anders || sp.a || [[John Crombez]] (since 2015) || {{No2|12 (opposition)}} || {{No2|9 (opposition)}} || 1 ([[Party of European Socialists|PES]])
| bgcolor="#EF1C27" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[Worker's Party of Vetonia|PLV]])
|-
|-
| Culture and Property
! colspan="8" | French-speaking parties in Parliament
| bgcolor="#00416A" width=2|  
|[[xx]] ([[National Republican Party (Vetonia)|PRN]])
|}
 
== Elections ==
Elections to the Municipal Assembly are held every six years via {{wpl|open list}} {{wpl|proportional representation}} together with the local elections in the rest of the country. Each administrative district of the city serves as an assembly constituency electing from five to 16 members. The allocation of seats to each party is done via the {{wpl|largest remainder method}} employing the {{wpl|Hare quota}}.
 
Unlike regular local authorities, in the case a sitting Municipal Council loses a {{wpl|vote of no confidence}}, an {{wpl|early election}} can be called, but the legislature will only seat until the next regularly-scheduled local election, at which point elections will be held again.
 
<center>
{| class="wikitable"
! Constituency !! Members !! Map
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid I.]] || align=center  |7
! !! Name in English !! Name in French !! Abbrev. !! Leader !! [[Parliament of the French Community|Community MPs]] !! [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Federal MPs]] !! [[French-speaking electoral college|MEPs]]
| align=center rowspan=15 | [[File:Andraid_Municipal_Assembly_constituencies_2019.svg|400px]]
|-
|-
| f || [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|Socialist Party]] || Parti Socialiste || PS || [[Elio Di Rupo]] (1999–2011, since 2014) || {{Yes2|23 (government)}} || {{No2|20 (opposition)}} || 2 ([[Party of European Socialists|PES]])
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid II.]] || align=center | 16
| g || [[Reformist Movement]] || Mouvement Réformateur || MR || [[Olivier Chastel]] (since 2014) || {{yes2|20 (government)}} || {{Yes2|14 (government)}} || 2  ([[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE]])
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid III.]] ||align=center  | 11
| h || [[Humanist Democratic Centre]] || Centre Démocrate Humaniste || cdH || [[Maxime Prévot]] (since 2019) || {{No2|10 (opposition)}} || {{No2|5 (opposition)}} || 2 ([[European People's Party|EPP]])
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid IV.]] ||align=center  | 5
| i || [[Ecolo]] || Ecolo || Ecolo || [[Zakia Khattabi]] & [[Patrick Dupriez]] (since 2015) || {{Yes2|12 (government)}} || {{No2|13 (opposition)}} || 2 ([[European Green Party|Greens]])
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid V.]] ||align=center  | 9
| j || [[Democratic Federalist Independent]] || Démocrate Fédéraliste Indépendant || DéFI || [[Olivier Maingain]] (since 1995) || {{No2|–}} || {{No2|2 (opposition)}} ||
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid VI.]] ||align=center  | 8
! colspan="8" | National (bilingual) parties in Parliament
|-
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid VII.]] ||align=center  | 11
! !! Name in English !! Name in Dutch/French !! Abbrev. !! Leader !! Community MPs !! [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Federal MPs]] !! MEPs
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid VII.]] ||align=center  | 10
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid IX.]] ||align=center  | 9
|-
| [[Andraid#Subdivisions|Andraid X.]] ||align=center  | 14
|}</center>
 
== Current composition ==
As of October 2019, the composition of the Municipal Assembly is as follows:
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| colspan=2 align="center" | '''Political party'''
| '''Spokesperson'''
| '''Members'''
|-----
| bgcolor="#EF1C27" |
|[[Worker's Party of Vetonia|Workers' Party (PLV)]]
| [[?]]
| align="center" | 24
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#F27A7A" |  
| k || [[Workers' Party of Belgium|Workers' Party]] || Partij van de Arbeid van België<br />Parti du travail de Belgique || PVDA<br />PTB || [[Peter Mertens]] (since 2008) || {{No2|[[Flemish Parliament|NL:]] 4<br />[[Parliament of the French Community|FR:]] 10 (opposition)}} || {{No2|12 (opposition)}} || 1
|[[Liberal Democratic Party of Vetonia|Liberal Democratic Party (PLDV)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 19
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#90EE90" |
! colspan="8" | German-speaking parties in Parliament
| [[Greens (Vetonia)|Greens (V/G)]]
| [[?]]
| align="center" | 14
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#FFA500" |
! !! Name in English !! Name in German !! Abbrev. !! Leader !! [[Parliament of the German-speaking Community|Community MPs]] !! Part of !! [[German-speaking electoral college|MEPs]]
|[[Republican-Socialist Party (Vetonia)|Republican-Socialist Party (PRS)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 14
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#76ABDF" |
| l || [[Christian Social Party (Belgium)|Christian Social Party]] || Christlich Soziale Partei || CSP || || {{No2|7 (opposition)}} || cdH || 1 ([[European People's Party|EPP]])
|[[People's Party of Vetonia|People's Party (PPV)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 12
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#00416A" |
| m || [[ProDG (Belgium)|ProDG]] || ProDG || ProDG || || {{Yes2|6 (government)}} || ||
|[[National Republican Party (Vetonia)|National Republican Party (PRN)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 7
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#A52A2A" |
| n || [[Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt|Party for Freedom and Progress]] || Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt || PFF || || {{Yes2|4 (government)}} || MR ||
|[[Party of the Democratic Left (Vetonia)|Democratic Left (PSD/PDV)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 3
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#D44500" |
| ñ || Socialist Party || Sozialistische Partei || SP ||  || {{Yes2|4 (government)}} || PS ||
|[[National Democracy (Vetonia)|National Democracy (DN)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 3
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#CC0000" |
| o || Ecolo || Ecolo || Ecolo || || {{No2|2 (opposition)}} || Ecolo || –
|[[Communist Party of the Peoples of Vetonia|Communist Party (PCPV/KPVF)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#008000" |
| p || [[Vivant]] || Vivant || Vivant || || {{No2|2 (opposition)}} || Vivant ||
|[[Agrarian Party of Vetonia|Agrarian Party (PAV)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#808080" |
|[[Rugrese Electoral Coalition|Rugrese Electoral Coalition (RVF)]]
|[[?]]
| align="center" | 1
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 13:43, 19 November 2019

Vetonia is a federal state with a multi-party system governed along consociational lines. The divisions within ethnic groups along class lines renders impossible the formation of a majority government, instead coalition governments have been the norm since the founding of the country in 1917.

Nearly all political families are divided along ethnic lines, with multiple parties catering similar ideological profiles to their respective ethnic groups. As a result, parties register as either Javol-Iverdonian, Rugrese, Brillian or Rodenese. Rugrese parties only operate in Vellavia and Tosandria, whereas Brillian parties only run for election in Iverdonia and Rodenia. Rodenese parties operate solely in Rodenia, and nationalist Iverdonian parties, although they register as 'Javol-Iverdonian' only run in Iverdonia. Typically, most Javol-Iverdonian parties do not run in Rodenia, instead establishing electoral pacts with autochthonous parties. There is also a small number of parties, on the left and far-left of the political spectrum that seek to appeal to voters from all of the country's five ethnic groups.

From the establishment of the country in 1917, there have been four main political families: social democrats, liberals, agrarians and religious parties. As early as 1920, however, the more extreme elements of the various social democratic parties split and formed a fifth political family, the communist. Likewise, beginning with the 1930s, a sixth party family, a nationalist one, either more politically moderate or on the far-right surged. Lastly, beginning the 1970s, the rise of the New Left gave birth to two more political parties that appeal to all ethnic groups, the democratic socialists, split from the PCPV and the Greens.

Main ideological families

Social democracy

The modern Vetonian social democratic parties trace their existence to the labour movement of the late 19th century, particularly in Vellavia, which gave birth to the Labour Party of Vellavia and Tosandria in 1871.

Liberalism

Agrarianism

Religious parties

Environmentalism

Communism

Nationalism

Parties

Vetonian parties in Parliament
Name Ideology Leader State MPs Federal MPs Senators
Worker's Party of Vetonia
Partit des travallers de Vetonia
Partida dals Lavurers da Vetonia
PTV
PLV
Social democracy, progressivism ? (since ?) 89 60 (government) 21 (government)
Agrarian Party of Vetonia
Partit agrer de Vetonia
Partida agrara da Vetonia
PAV Agrarianism, liberal conservatism ? (since ?) 43 26 (opposition) 8 (opposition)
People's Party of Vetonia
Partit popular de Vetonia
Partida populara da Vetonia
PPV Popularism, social conservatism ? (since ?) 42 23 (government) 7 (government)
c Flemish Interest Vlaams Belang Vlaams Belang Tom Van Grieken (since 2014) 42 18 (opposition) 3 (EAF)
d Green Groen Groen Meyrem Almaci (since 2014) 14 (opposition) 8 (opposition) 1 (Greens)
e Socialist Party Differently Socialistische Partij Anders sp.a John Crombez (since 2015) 12 (opposition) 9 (opposition) 1 (PES)
French-speaking parties in Parliament
Name in English Name in French Abbrev. Leader Community MPs Federal MPs MEPs
f Socialist Party Parti Socialiste PS Elio Di Rupo (1999–2011, since 2014) 23 (government) 20 (opposition) 2 (PES)
g Reformist Movement Mouvement Réformateur MR Olivier Chastel (since 2014) 20 (government) 14 (government) 2 (ALDE)
h Humanist Democratic Centre Centre Démocrate Humaniste cdH Maxime Prévot (since 2019) 10 (opposition) 5 (opposition) 2 (EPP)
i Ecolo Ecolo Ecolo Zakia Khattabi & Patrick Dupriez (since 2015) 12 (government) 13 (opposition) 2 (Greens)
j Democratic Federalist Independent Démocrate Fédéraliste Indépendant DéFI Olivier Maingain (since 1995) 2 (opposition)
National (bilingual) parties in Parliament
Name in English Name in Dutch/French Abbrev. Leader Community MPs Federal MPs MEPs
k Workers' Party Partij van de Arbeid van België
Parti du travail de Belgique
PVDA
PTB
Peter Mertens (since 2008) NL: 4
FR: 10 (opposition)
12 (opposition) 1
German-speaking parties in Parliament
Name in English Name in German Abbrev. Leader Community MPs Part of MEPs
l Christian Social Party Christlich Soziale Partei CSP 7 (opposition) cdH 1 (EPP)
m ProDG ProDG ProDG 6 (government)
n Party for Freedom and Progress Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt PFF 4 (government) MR
ñ Socialist Party Sozialistische Partei SP 4 (government) PS
o Ecolo Ecolo Ecolo 2 (opposition) Ecolo
p Vivant Vivant Vivant 2 (opposition) Vivant