The ADR party's executive committee met for more than two hours on Monday afternoon to discuss the consequences of Mischel's controversial Facebook post.
No decision could be taken at first as the subject of discussions could not stay until the end of the meeting. Sylvie Mischel left the party offices just an hour after the start of the meeting. Although the ADR-Fraen (ADR women) president had been summoned by the party leadership on Monday afternoon, she is employed by the Central Bank of Luxembourg.
Over the course of the evening, the party released a statement confirming that Mischel decided she would step down as vice-president of the party and president of ADR-Fraen.
ADR accepted the decision and said that the party maintained its policy on migration issues while keeping its distance from the remarks made by Sylvie Mischel on social networks, which were said to cross limits.
In an interview with RTL, the ADR secretary-general threatened to resign if there were no consequences to the post.
Jean Schooss, the president of ADR, also distanced himself from the remarks made by his vice-president.
Mischel caused an uproar on Facebook on Sunday by reposting a photo of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with refugees in Luxembourg, commenting on the increasing number of migrants in Luxembourg and claiming that politicians should be more concerned about Luxembourgers.
