Fokus, Liberté-Fräiheet and déi Konservativ – parties newly founded in the run-up to the election – are set to lose out on winning any seats in Luxembourg. Volt, which ran in the last European and local elections but was standing for the first national vote, also looked to go home empty-handed.
“Of course the disappointment is deep,” said Fokus founder Frank Engel, who left the CSV to create the new party. Engel said it is unlikely he will run in another election but would end his political career.