Carole Hartmann elected party president

After almost three years, party president Lex Delles handed over the chair of the DP to the 37-year-old Mayor of Echternach and MP Carole Hartmann. She was elected as the new party president at the National Congress on Sunday with 95.7 percent of the vote. Her side is a female team with transport and defense minister Yuriko Backes as the first vice president, Corinne Cahen and Amela Skenderovic as further vice chair and Eric Thill as general secretary. Furthermore, the DP management committee was re -occupied.

The congress only lasted two hours, in which the 70th anniversary of the DP was celebrated and reminded of the beginnings of the party, which was founded on April 24, 1955-as a successor organization of the « Groupement Patriotique et démocratique » founded in 1945.

« It means a lot to me to be elected to the top of the party in which I grew up, » said Hartmann in her inaugural speech.

Hartmann stands for a social -liberal course of the Democratic Party and leads the party in times « in which liberal values ​​are screwed back in which populism gains the upper hand and we are confronted with alternative truths, » said Hartmann. In view of the increasing strength of autocratic tendencies, the protection of democratic freedoms in importance, Hartmann said, among other things, to the USA.

In the context of the defense of democratic values ​​and freedoms, she also dealt with the recently adopted reform of adoption law. Further reforms would have to follow, such as the recognition of children from same -sex couples and the abolition of the thinking period for affected women in the termination of pregnancy.

Social media are stage for disinformation

As party president, Carole Hartmann wants to create a party internal working group that deals with the question of how digital space can be protected in order to avoid the spread of lies and false information and the abuse of freedom of expression.

Another focus in Hartmann’s speech was to strengthen social cohesion. In doing so, she discussed the conflict between the government and the unions in labor law issues and called for the resumption of the talks to the « Social Diol », which Premier Luc Frieden (CSV) had announced at the beginning of the year. « This social dialogue is now very important because the challenges we have to master are too great to avoid being in this country, » said Hartmann.

Another challenge for the future is to actively shape sustainable progress. « We have to keep up with the technical and social requirements, with a reliable infrastructure, with a competitive economy, with innovative research, with an efficient state and with intelligent ideas for sustainable energy that protects our climate ».

At the end of her speech, the mother of a four and a half -year -old daughter dealt with the well -being of the children and the risk of digital dependence on the latest age. She called for more attention to the health of the children and to find a balance between strengthening their rights and the protection of their mental health. And she pointed out that the dangers that emerge from exaggerated screen consumption can also be transferred to adults.