Local politics Reding's first became involved in politics at the age of 15, when he became a member of the
LSAP and their youth organization JSL. He engaged actively in politics whilst at school. He was the elected school representative in the Conseil d'Education as well as chief editor of the school newspaper
De Maulwuerf. During his time at university, he was president of the National Union of Luxembourgish Students (UNEL) as well as the president of the Socialist Students (
Etudiants Socialistes). He also worked as a free-lance journalist for the Tageblatt during this time. In 1999, he was elected as a councilman in the Council of Fischbach, receiving the second largest share of the vote.
National politics The trigger for Reding's entry into national politics was the
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, (commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty), against which Reding vehemently protested with the viewpoint that the government was manipulating voters with false statements and propaganda in order to get them to ratify the Treaty. Reding became politically active in the
ADR following this, whose views he shared and for whom he ran for the since 2005 unoccupied seat in the
Council of State of Luxembourg. At the National Congress of the ADR in 2006, Reding was voted into the position of Secretary-General. During the
parliamentary elections of 7 June 2009 and the
2009 European Parliament election, Reding ran for a seat in both the National and EU parliaments. He narrowly missed out on a seat in the national parliament by a couple of hundred votes, coming second on the
ADR centre list behind
Jacques-Yves Henckes. In the National Congress of 25 March 2012, Reding was voted into the position of Vice-President. In the
snap elections of October 2013, Reding reclaimed the centre seat for the
ADR after
Jacques-Yves Henckes left the party. On 13 November 2013, Reding was sworn in as a Member of Parliament. He became a member of the Parliamentary Commissions for Justice, Agriculture and Viticulture, Consumer Protection, Secondary Education, Media and Communication, and Research. He was also elected as a representative for Luxembourg in the
Benelux Parliament. Reding was re-elected in the October 2018 elections, improving his vote share by 12.4% to a total of 6,319. Reding is a presenter on the
Luxembourgish Channel ".dok". Primarily, the socially dedicated lawyer presents his show "Vu Fall zu Fall" in which he answers complicated legal questions as well as reporting on interesting developments in the Judicial landscape of Luxembourg, along with his wife Karine Reuter. Reding also presents the show
City Talk in which he discusses political themes about
Luxembourg City with his guests. == Re-Entry into Communal Politics ==