On 10 November 2004, in an interview for the Luxembourg socio-cultural radio station 100.7, Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, outlines the procedure for the referendum to be held in summer 2005 in Luxembourg on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

On 28 January 2005, in an article for the Luxembourg weekly newspaper D’Lëtzebuerger Land, Gaston Vogel, a lawyer at the Luxembourg Bar, comments on the referendum due to be held on 10 July 2005 in Luxembourg for the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and outlines his arguments against the text.

On 11 February 2005, in the Luxembourg national weekly newspaper D’Lëtzebuerger Land, Ben Fayot, Chairman of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies and former member of the European Convention, outlines his arguments in favour of the ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum due to be held on 10 July 2005 in Luxembourg on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

Im Rahmen seiner Informationskampagne für die Volksabstimmung über die Ratifizierung des Vertrags über eine Verfassung für Europa verteilt die luxemburgische Regierung im Frühjahr 2005 eine Broschüre an die Bürger des Landes, um sie mit dem Inhalt des Textes vertraut zu machen.

On 9 May 2005, in an interview for RTL radio, Nicolas Schmit, Luxembourg Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs, outlines the aims of the Luxembourg Government’s information campaign on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and how the campaign will be conducted.

On 28 June 2005, two weeks before the national referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minster and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, explains to the Chamber of Deputies why his government supports the ratification of the text.

On 2 July 2005, in the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort, commenting on the referendum on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe to be held in Luxembourg on 10 July, Philippe Poirier and Patrick Dumont, researchers at the University of Luxembourg, analyse the specific features of the Luxembourg situation compared with the French and Dutch examples.

On 6 July 2005, in an article published in the French daily newspaper Le Monde, Jürgen Stoldt, Coeditor of the Luxembourg monthly political and cultural magazine Forum, calls on his fellow citizens to ratify the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in the referendum to be held on 10 July so that Luxembourg may play a positive role in the revival of a European political union.

On 8 July 2005, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister, gives an interview to the Socialist daily newspaper Tageblatt in which he gives an initial assessment of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union which ended recently and discusses the referendum scheduled to be held in the country two days later on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

‘Polling booth 1: Europe needs you! “Convinced Europeans?”’ On 10 July 2005, the Luxembourg cartoonist, Schneider, depicts the decisive role played by Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister, during the national referendum on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and questions the national electorate’s commitment to Europe.

On 12 July 2005, the Luxembourg cartoonist, Schneider, depicts the relief of Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister, following the victory of the ‘Yes’ vote in the national referendum on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

A series of posters published by the ‘NO to the European Constitution’ Committee as part of their campaign in connection with the referendum on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, held on 10 July 2005 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Im Vorfeld der Volksabstimmung über die Ratifizierung des Vertrags über eine Verfassung für Europa im Großherzogtum Luxemburg am 10. Juli 2005 gibt das Komitee „NEIN zur europäischen Verfassung“ ein Faltblatt heraus.

A series of posters published by the National Union of Students in Luxembourg (UNEL) to encourage electors to vote ‘No’ in the referendum on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, held on 10 July 2005 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Plakat des Luxemburger Christlichen Gewerkschaftsbundes (LCGB), mit dem er die Wähler auffordert, bei der Volksabstimmung über die Ratifizierung des Vertrags über eine Verfassung für Europa am 10. Juli 2005 im Großherzogtum Luxemburg mit „Ja“ zu stimmen.

On 11 July 2005, the day after the referendum held in Luxembourg on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir is pessimistic as to whether the ‘Yes’ vote will really help the European Union to emerge from its current crisis.

On 11 July 2005, the day after the referendum held in Luxembourg on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro emphasises this positive signal for the European Constitution but considers that it will not be enough to enable Europe to move forward again.

Im Frühjahr 2005 startet die Regierung des Großherzogtums eine Informationskampagne im Radio und Fernsehen, um die luxemburgischen Bürger über die Bedeutung des Referendums zur Ratifizierung des Vertrages über eine Verfassung für Europa zu informieren, das am 10. Juli 2005 im Land stattfindet.