déi Lénk: How much can you achieve with just two seats in Parliament?

Ana Correia da Veiga and Gary Diderich bring different backgrounds to Parliament. Correia da Veiga was a member of the capital's municipal council and has now been working for some time as a parliamentary assistant for déi Lénk; Diderich served as co-party spokesperson for many years and is familiar with local politics in Differdingen, where he sits on the municipal council. Both are now moving up to the national level.

In the Chamber of Deputies, Gary Diderich intends to focus primarily on housing policy and the climate crisis, whilst Ana Correia da Veiga plans to concentrate mainly on the areas of education, family and health. "These are issues close to my heart and in which I see myself reflected."

The fact that, due to the rotation principle – which was also applied by the GAP (Gréng Alternativ Partei) in the early years of the Greens but is now only practised by déi Lénk – they have just two years to make their mark in the Chamber, is something both view with relative calm. Diderich admits that the change is not easy for those who are rotating out, but the rotation principle is, after all, enshrined in déi Lénk's statutes. "However, it's not something that can't be discussed. And that's what we're doing."