Leading with the slogan “Eis Gemenge liewen. CSV wielen” (Live our communes. Vote CSV), the programme, released on Monday 7 September, focuses on three chapters: child care, mobility and affordable housing.

While these priorities are not unique to the CSV, Laurent Zeimet explained that the CSV is “coherent at national and local level.”

The CSV wants to promote both public transport and private transport methods. The motorway network is to be extended, just as the public transport network. They propose new models of child care and more flexible parental leave. However, the party says it does not favour one way to raise a child over the other, referring to the choice of mothers to go to work or stay at home.

To create more affordable housing, the CSV is in favour of increased taxation of empty buildings and of unbuilt plots of land.

The CSV sees the local elections as a test for the parliamentary elections in 2018, and has a list in every locality: there are 600 CSV candidates in 45 local councils of more than 3,000 inhabitants.

There are 227 female candidates, which makes up 38%. The process of renewal is also evident, as over half of the candidates present themselves for the first time.

While the centre-left LSAP is dominant at local level, the party hopes to increase its overall score in October.