Aly Jaerling

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Alphonse 'Aly' Jaerling (born 30 January 1948 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgian politician that currently sits as an independent, having previously been a representative of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR).[1] Jaerling has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since the 1999 election. He is also a member of Esch-sur-Alzette's communal council (1993 – 1999, 2000 – ).[1]

Jaerling left the ADR on 1 May 2006, protesting at the shift in the party's emphasis away from pension reform, which had originally been the ADR's raison d'être, and decrying the 'nationalism' espoused by the party.[2] The party had recently renamed itself from 'Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice', a name that it had borne since 1992, as part of its gradual metamorphosis from a single-issue party to one of the established parties. However, Jaerling's departure dealt the party a major blow, reducing the party's deputation in the Chamber of Deputies to four seats, ending its qualification as a party caucus (it qualifies now only as a 'group'), and calling into question the party's future.[3]

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  1. ^ a b (French) Aly Jaerling. Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
  2. ^ (French) ADR: Jaerling prend la tangente. PaperJam.lu (21 April 2006). Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
  3. ^ (French) Le hara-kiri d’Aly Jaerling. L'investigateur (2006). Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
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