Werner-Cravatte Government
Luxembourg government from 1964 to 1969
The Werner-Cravatte Government was the government of Luxembourg between 15 July 1964 and 1 February 1969. It was a coalition between the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). The Prime Minister was Pierre Werner, and the Deputy Prime Minister was Henry Cravatte, replacing Eugène Schaus, who had been Deputy Prime Minister in the first Werner-Schaus Government.
It was formed after the general election of 1964, which returned the CSV and LSAP as the largest and second-largest parties respectively in the legislature. (The LSAP had actually received more votes than the CSV, but one seat fewer.)
Ministers
15 July 1964 – 3 January 1967
3 January 1967 – 1 February 1969
Formation
In the elections of 7 June 1964, for the first time in history, the LSAP received more votes than the CSV. However, the CSV received one seat more than them (22 seats versus 21) due to the workings of the electoral system. The liberal Democratic Party suffered a painful defeat, likely due to the Army controversy. They received only 6 Deputies in the Chamber, while the Communists received 5. A new political group which represented the interests of those forcibly conscripted into the Wehrmacht during the war, the Popular Independent Movement (Mouvement indépendant populaire), received 2 seats. After long negotiations, the CSV and LSAP formed a grand coalition. The near-equal size of the two parties in the Chamber caused tensions within the coalition on several occasions.
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