Some types of compact fluorescent (PLL, PLT) have a push-in fitting. Try pulling straight out. [![enter image description here][1]][1] <sup>[Photo by ikiwaner, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kompaktleuchtstofflampe.jpeg)</sup> ---- P.S. While you are working on that, you really ought to fix that loose earth/ground connection with a bolt, nut, washer and maybe a crimp-on ring-connector. Or something similar. — P.P.S. broken compact fluorescents [may need special cleanup](https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl) [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/rAIu1.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/PGoA9.png