Its goal was to roll back the influence of the Church in public life, and specifically in schools.
In part, this was because the liberal, business-friendly world-view on the one hand, and socialist ideas on the other, were irreconcilable.
The management of the steel industry played a significant role both in the parliament and in the Left Bloc.
These were: Auguste Laval, lawyer (Eich); Norbert Le Galais, foundry owner (Luxembourg City), Adolph Schmit, lawyer (Luxembourg City), and Léon Metz, foundry owner (Esch-Alzette).
If one includes further Deputies, such as Edmond Muller and Maurice Pescatore, the son and son-in-law respectively of ARBED board members, the company's staff and supporters already had the size of a parliamentary party as soon as it was founded.