In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, describes how she joined the Christian Social People’s Party (CSV) in 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the debates over the Language Law initiated by Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Luxembourg Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984 and Minister for Cultural Affairs from 1979 to 1984. The Law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies in 1984. She also describes the lack of commitment on the part of the government, after the adoption of the law, to encourage the development of the Luxembourgish language.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, describes the tensions between Brussels and Luxembourg following the unilateral devaluation of the Belgian franc in February 1982.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, secretary and editor at the Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband (Luxembourg Workers’ Union — LAV) from 1949 to 1963 and general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971, discusses her early days at the ETUS in 1963.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971 and a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989, explains why there were reservations among Luxembourg agricultural trade unions over the Mansholt Plan for the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, describes how she was received by her male colleagues when she joined the Chamber of Deputies and the European Parliament in 1965.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the diminishing influence of trade unions in European affairs in the 1960s, especially following the merger of the executive bodies in 1965.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the consequences of her exclusion from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) in May 1970 and her subsequent continued membership of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the negotiations for the formation of a government after the 1979 election to the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies. She describes the role of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in these negotiations, its refusal to join a possible coalition and the dissolution of the PSD in 1981.