Dupong-Bodson Ministry

The Dupong-Bodson Ministry was the government of Luxembourg between 3 July 1951 and 23 December 1953, as of Prime Minister Pierre Dupong died. It was a coalition between the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). It was formed after the general election of 1951.

In the partial elections of 3 June 1951, in the constituencies of Centre and Nord, the LSAP consolidated the positive results it had achieved in the election of 1948. In the new Chamber of Deputies, it had grown from 15 to 19 seats, becoming the main competing force for the CSV (21 seats). The Democratic Group lost a large number of votes in the Centre (19,7% in 1951, down from 25,9% in 1945), even though it managed to improve its result in Nord. The result of the elections led the CSV to change its coalition partner. From 1951 to 1959, the government was formed by a coalition between the CSV and the LSAP. These two political groups, which dominated political life for a decade, represented the two main areas of Luxembourgish society in the 1950s: the rural world and the workers' world.

After the signature of the Treaty of Paris on 18 April 1951, creating the European Coal and Steel Community, the question of the location of the new institution arose. From 23 to 25 July 1952, the foreign ministers of the six member states met in Paris to find a solution. Several cities including Luxembourg advanced their candidature, with none of them receiving unanimous support. The High Authority and the Court of Justice were in danger of not being able to start their work, due to not having a headquarters. During this impasse, the Luxembourgish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Bech, probably inspired by Konrad Adenauer, undertook a diplomatic manoeuvre that determined the European future of the Grand Duchy. Bech withdrew the candidacy of Luxembourg, and then suggested the country's capital as a provisional place of work. The other countries accepted this solution, which postponed the decision over the definitive headquarters of the European institutions to an undefined future date. On 10 August 1952, the High Authority had its first meeting in the city hall in Luxembourg, presided by Jean Monnet.

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