On Local Matters, we use this pre-election mood to talk about the quality of this election. Half of all residents are not entitled to vote because they don't have the Luxembourgish nationality. For today's interview, I invited Christos Floros to talk about his new movement Change for Luxembourg.
National elections 2023: The campaign of Fräiheet/Liberté with Giovanni Patri
Ahead of this week's elections meant to define Luxembourg’s future government, we talked with candidates from Luxembourg’s main parties. This time around, Franziska Peschel spoke with Giovanni Patri, candidate for the new movement Fräiheet/Liberté.
Voting rights: Democracy only for the Luxembourgish
Where are we on the right to vote for foreigners, which party is pro and which is against. Let's find out on today's Local Matters. This weekend, the Luxembourg nationals with their vote decide on a new parliament, a new government.
Register to VOTE: Asti's project Letz vote
Less than one week is left for foreign nationals to register as voters in the municipal elections. On Local Matters this week, we focus once more on the right to vote and why to use it. For our first interview, we've invited Marc Piron in the studio. tells us about Asti's project Let's vote.
Participatory Democracy: The Anna Lindh Foundation
On Local Matters, Benjamin George Coles interviews Karine Bouton, the Head of the Luxembourg network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. This is the third part of this week's Local Matters on participatory democracy.
Participatory Democracy: The EU Democracy Rally
The EU Democracy Rally is a participatory democracy bootcamp that had its first week-long edition in Luxembourg last summer. For the second of this week's Local Matters episodes on participatory democracy, Benjamin spoke to TeeKay Kreissig, Karolina Mazetyte and Philipe Ternes, three of the organisers.
Participatory democracy: At the Project Design Forum
Citizens' involvement is the main component of participatory democracy. To discover how this can look like, Benjamin George Coles talked to a few participants at the Project Design Forum. This is the first episode in this week's Local Matters series on participatory democracy.