In his post, Reding criticised RTL for its recent heavy coverage of errors in ADR campaign material. “I hope… they will also do an extensive article about how our posters have been seriously vandalised,” he wrote. “No respect for the flag, no understanding of democracy!”

On Friday, RTL and others had noted that ADR posters contained several spelling errors, and that Luxembourg’s flag was shown upside down. Jean Schoos, ADR party chairman, told Tageblatt on 7 September that: “The printing company made a mistake”.