The Grand Duchy is considered one of the wealthiest places to live in the EU, but many of those who work there feel out-priced by rising housing costs
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00:00 Luxembourg goes to the polls on Sunday in an election that could end the ten-year stint
00:06 of Xavier Bertel as Prime Minister.
00:09 His Democrat Party's ruling coalition with the Socialists and Greens is trailing in surveys
00:14 to the centre-right Christian Social People's Party, which is on course to top the poll.
00:20 The main candidates made a last bid for support in a televised debate on Thursday.
00:25 No party seems likely to win an outright majority and a period of intense negotiations is likely
00:31 to follow the vote.
00:32 In the previous two elections, the centre-right failed to form a coalition.
00:41 But this time they're hoping to capitalise on rising anger over the country's dire housing
00:45 crisis, which has led to rare street protests.
00:51 Both the centre-right and centre-left groups have vowed to take emergency action to provide
00:56 more affordable homes.
00:59 Sunday's vote may reveal which has been more convincing.
01:02 [Whoosh]