Franz Fayot is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for LSAP in the Circonscription Centre, with a mandate that started on 2023-11-21.
\n2 April 2025 — judging that none of the measures contributed greatly to a rise in construction activity
\n\n\nKeng vun de presentéierte Mesüren huet groussaarteg derzou bäigedroen, dass d’Aktivitéit um Bau erëm geklommen ass.
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None of the measures presented has contributed greatly to construction activity rising again.
\n\n25 June 2025 — stating where his group wants housing policy to focus
\n\n\nMir sinn der Meenung, dass, wéi gesot, nieft der Vergréisserung vum ëffentleche Wunnpark, de Fokus wierklech op dem Incentiviséiere vum Kaf vum Eegenheem soll leien.
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We are of the opinion that, as said, alongside the enlargement of the public housing stock, the focus should really lie on incentivising the purchase of one's own home.
\n\n14 December 2023 — stating the trajectory that the bill sets for the CO2 tax
\n\n\nMir fuere weider mat der Trajectoire vun der CO2-Steier, fir um Horizont 2026 op en Niveau vun 45 Euro pro Tonn CO2 ze kommen.
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We continue with the trajectory of the CO2 tax, to reach a level of 45 euros per tonne of CO2 by 2026.
\n\n27 February 2024 — listing the sectors the treaty opens for cooperation with Cape Verde
\n\n\nMat dësem Duebelbesteierungsofkommes maache mer effektiv déi Dieren op, fir souwuel an der Digitalisatioun, an den erneierbaren Energien, an de Startuppen – well am Cap Vert sinn och Startuppen – mat hinnen zesummenzeschaffen, awer och am Beräich vun de Fongen.
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With this double taxation treaty we really open the doors to work with them in digitalisation, renewable energies and startups, because there are startups in Cape Verde too, and also in the field of funds.
\n\n13 November 2024 — reporting a figure on the effective tax rate of billionaires
\n\n\nLaut dem Europäeschen Tax Observatoire läit de weltwäite Steiersaz fir Milliardären zwëschent 0 an 0,5 % vun hirem Patrimoine.
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According to the European Tax Observatory, the worldwide tax rate for billionaires lies between 0 and 0.5% of their wealth.
\n\n22 January 2026 — stating a figure comparing tax on salary with tax on dividends
\n\n\nAm Moment bezilt een op engem Salaire vu 75.000 Euro fënnefmol méi Steiere wéi op engem Dividendepaquet vun der nämmlechter Zomm, wuel wëssend, dass déi Leit, déi dank hirem Kapital vill Sue verdéngen, och nach manner Steieren drop bezuelen – eng double Peine.
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At present you pay five times more tax on a salary of 75,000 euros than on a dividend package of the same amount, in the knowledge that people who earn a lot thanks to their capital also pay less tax on it, a double penalty.
\n\n28 February 2024 — arguing that his proposed liquidation mechanism would let Luxembourg remove the bad apples among its holding companies
\n\n\nEt géif eis och erlaben, effektiv déi faul Äppel, déi een necessairement huet, wann een esou vill SOPARFIen op enger Finanzplaz huet, och kënnen auszesortéieren an eeben och op déi Aart a Weis mat deene Situatiounen do ëmzegoen.
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It would also allow us to sort out the rotten apples that you necessarily have when you have so many SOPARFIs in a financial centre, and to deal with those situations in that way.
\n\n22 January 2025 — stating his party's scepticism about crypto-assets as a growth niche, while still voting for the bill
\n\n\nHär President, mir sinn als LSAP bei aller Léift zur Innovatioun – a vläicht anescht wéi meng Virriedner – net iwwerzeegt, dass d’Kryptoavoiren déi nächst grouss Nisch, déi nächst grouss Saach fir d’Lëtzebuerger Finanzplaz solle ginn.
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Mr President, as the LSAP, for all our love of innovation, and perhaps unlike the previous speakers, we are not convinced that crypto-assets should become the next big niche, the next big thing for the Luxembourg financial centre.
\n\n10 July 2025 — asserting that the banks' guarantees are legally weak
\n\n\nEch hunn Iech méi wéi eng Kéier gesot, dass a mengen Aen dës Garantië juristesch op ganz wackelege Féiss géife stoen.
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I have told you more than once that in my view these guarantees stand on very shaky legal ground.
\n\n30 April 2026 — arguing that competitiveness comes from resilience and stability, not deregulation
\n\n\nAlso, d’Kompetitivitéit vum Finanzsecteur huet mat Resilienz a mat Stabilitéit ze dinn, an net mat Dereguléierung.
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So the competitiveness of the financial sector has to do with resilience and stability, not with deregulation.
\n\n20 March 2024 — asking the government to support the advisory opinion with other countries
\n\n\nAn ech mengen, et géif eis gutt zu Gesiicht stoen an och der Regierung gutt zu Gesiicht stoen, wann se dat dote géif analyséieren an da mat anere Länner, och aneren europäesche Länner, deen Avis do mat ënnerstëtzen oder op d’mannst sech do géif mat abréngen.
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And I think it would suit us well, and the government well, if it analysed this and then supported that opinion together with other countries, other European countries too, or at least took part in it.
\n\n25 June 2025 — warning against importing the politics of Argentina's president
\n\n\nDat heescht, mir hoffen, dass mer mat dësem Duebelbesteierungsofkommes just méi wirtschaftlech Aktivitéit kréien an net méi vun der Ketteseementalitéit vum Här Milei bei eis importéieren.
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That means we hope that with this double-taxation agreement we only get more economic activity, and do not import more of Mr Milei's chainsaw mentality.
\n\n18 March 2026 — describing the tendencies coming from the White House as fascist and imperialist and a cause of concern
\n\n\nHär President, dës faschistesch an imperialistesch Tendenzen aus dem Wäissen Haus – an déi Wierder sinn net iwwerdriwwen – maachen eis grouss Suergen.
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President, these fascist and imperialist tendencies from the White House, and those words are not exaggerated, worry us greatly.
\n\n25 April 2024 — stating that the country's PNEC obligations command broad agreement
\n\n\nMir hu ganz kloer Obligatiounen ënnert dem PNEC, op deenen, mengen ech, mer och eng relativ grouss Unanimitéit hunn.
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We have very clear obligations under the PNEC, on which, I think, we also have relatively broad unanimity.
\n\n4 December 2024 — judging the outcome of COP29 to be no great success
\n\n\nD’COP29 zu Baku ass kee grousse Worf, dat muss ee ganz kloer soen!
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COP29 in Baku is no great achievement, that has to be said very clearly!
\n\n25 June 2025 — criticising the scaling back of sustainability efforts at European level
\n\n\nD’Efforte fir eng méi nohalteg Wirtschaft ginn zeréckgeschrauft.
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The efforts for a more sustainable economy are being scaled back.
\n\n29 October 2025 — criticising the deregulation agenda that the Luxembourg majority and government take part in
\n\n\nDës Deregulatiounsagenda geet op d’Käschte vun eiser Klimapolitick, vun eiser Biodiversitéit, vun de Schwächsten an der Welt an och an eisen eegene Länner.
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This deregulation agenda comes at the cost of our climate policy, our biodiversity, and the weakest people in the world and in our own countries.
\n\n20 March 2024 — defending the price-intervention power he tabled as minister
\n\n\nAn an deene Krisekontexter kënne mer eebe Situatiounen hunn, wou et duerchaus utile ass a wichteg ass, dass eng Regierung och d’Méiglechkeet kritt, fir bei de Präisser ze intervenéieren, déi sech dann dee Moment net normal fixéieren.
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In such crisis contexts we can have situations where it is quite useful and important that a government also gets the possibility to intervene on prices that are not being set normally at that moment.
\n\n13 February 2025 — arguing Luxembourg should be a first mover on the directive
\n\n\nMir sinn am Fong der Meenung, dass mer hei misste First Mover sinn, wat mer jo op villen anere Plazen ëmmer gäre sinn, fir eis gutt ze positionéieren.
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We basically think that we should be a first mover here, as we like to be in many other areas, in order to position ourselves well.
\n\n10 February 2026 — stating the reported scale of the ArcelorMittal job cuts
\n\n\nEt gëtt geschwat vu 5.600 Aarbechtsplazen um europäeschen Niveau a vu bis zu 1.150 Aarbechtsplazen hei zu Lëtzebuerg am administrative Beräich an am Beräich vum IT-Support.
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There is talk of 5,600 jobs at European level and of up to 1,150 jobs here in Luxembourg in administration and IT support.
\n\n16 June 2026 — criticising the government's approach as lacking strategy
\n\n\nAmplaz vun enger strateegescher Reflexioun gesi mer eng Regierung, déi just ee Plang huet, an dee besteet doranner, Suen an d’Bevëlkerung ze pompelen an der Hoffnung, dass esou d’Ekonomie an de Wuesstum géifen ugekuerbelt ginn.
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Instead of a strategic reflection we see a government that has only one plan, and it consists of pumping money into the population in the hope that the economy and growth will be stimulated that way.
\n\n25 April 2024 — opposing a rigid defence of the tax veto
\n\n\nA mir sinn am Fong der Meenung, och änlech wéi den Här Goerens, dass et keng gutt Iddi ass, fir stuer un där Eestëmmegkeet do festzehalen.
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And we are basically of the opinion, like Mr Goerens, that it is not a good idea to cling rigidly to that unanimity.
\n\n20 March 2025 — criticising the Commission's Omnibus package for cutting back and postponing the supply-chain and corporate responsibility rules
\n\n\nËnnert dem Pretext vun der Kompetitivitéit a soi-disant mat engem Bléck op d’Simplificatioun ginn hei effektiv wichteg Texter wéi, wéi gesot, d’Liwwerkettegesetz, d’Direktiv iwwert d’Responsabilitéit vun de Betriber beschnidden an och reportéiert.
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Under the pretext of competitiveness and supposedly with a view to simplification, important texts such as the supply chain law and the directive on corporate responsibility are being cut back and postponed.
\n\n12 February 2025 — praising the minister for keeping up support for UNRWA after the Knesset's measures against it
\n\n\nHär Minister, et éiert Iech, dass Der d’UNRWA weider ënnerstëtzt, trotz der Knesset hirer ongeheierlecher Attack op dës Institutioun, dat eelst Flüchtlingswierk vun der UNO, dat 1949 no deem massiven Exode vun de Palästinenser opgesat ginn ass.
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Minister, it does you credit that you keep supporting UNRWA, despite the Knesset's outrageous attack on this institution, the oldest UN refugee agency, set up in 1949 after the massive exodus of the Palestinians.
\n\n14 May 2025 — arguing that Europe must act if it wants to be taken seriously
\n\n\nAn dofir si mer der Meenung, dass mer, wa mer eis wëlle weider seriö huelen als Europäer, hei mussen handelen.
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And so we are of the opinion that if we want to keep taking ourselves seriously as Europeans, we must act here.
\n\n25 April 2024 — reporting the 2022 result as rapporteur on the general account
\n\n\nD’Joer 2022 huet mat engem positive Resultat vu 27,9 Milliounen Euro ofgeschloss.
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The year 2022 closed with a positive result of 27.9 million euros.
\n\n19 December 2024 — stating the 2023 deficit and state revenue figures
\n\n\nD’Joer 2023 gouf mat engem Defizit vun 1,4 Milliarden Euro clôturéiert. D’Recettë vum Staat hu sech op 25,4 Milliarden Euro belaf.
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The year 2023 closed with a deficit of 1.4 billion euros. State revenue came to 25.4 billion euros.
\n\n20 January 2026 — stating the size, yield and subscription time of the Defence Bond
\n\n\nD’lescht Woch huet d’Defenseministesch zesumme mam Finanzminister den Defence Bond annoncéiert, en Emprunt obligataire vun 150 Milliounen Euro mat engem Rendement vun 2,25 %, dee bannent 24 Stonnen direkt komplett souscrivéiert war.
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Last week the Defence Minister together with the Finance Minister announced the Defence Bond, a bond issue of 150 million euros with a yield of 2.25%, which was fully subscribed within 24 hours.
\n\n20 January 2026 — stating the wish that the same instrument also finance housing and the ecological transition in future
\n\n\nDir wësst, dass mer eis och wënschen, dass an Zukunft aner Ziler, national Ziler, wéi zum Beispill d’Wunnen oder eeben déi ekologesch Transitioun, och kéinten iwwert dat Instrument finanzéiert ginn.
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You know that we also wish that in future other national objectives, such as housing or the ecological transition, could be financed through that instrument.
\n\n16 May 2024 — insisting that uncertainty remains because the usual calls for projects have not been issued
\n\n\nEt bleift awer derbäi, dass fir de Moment eng relativ grouss Incertitude do ass, well normalerweis am Abrëll den Datum ass, fir Preprojeten eranzegi fir Accord-cadren, an am November soll da fir déi Accord-cadren do en Appel à projets kommen.
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It remains the case that there is relatively great uncertainty at the moment, because April is normally the date for submitting pre-projects for framework agreements, and in November the call for projects for those framework agreements is due.
\n\n2 April 2025 — welcoming the higher lending capacity the change of statutes brings
\n\n\nMir begréissen och de Fait, dass déi Capacitéit, Prêten ze ginn, och méi héich Prêten ze ginn, eropgesat ginn ass duerch déi Statuttenännerung.
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We also welcome the fact that the capacity to give loans, and to give higher loans, has been raised by this change of statutes.
\n\n10 July 2025 — criticising the Cooperation Minister for acting only in the autumn
\n\n\nAmplaz sech direkt vun Ufank un aktiv an den Dossier anzebréngen, huet eise Kooperatiounsminister eréischt am Hierscht d’Urgence erkannt, wéi den Drock vun der Oppositioun an der Zivillgesellschaft schonn net méi ze ignoréiere war.
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Instead of getting actively involved in the file from the very start, our Cooperation Minister only recognised the urgency in the autumn, when the pressure from the opposition and civil society could no longer be ignored.
\n\n19 March 2026 — reporting the current level of official development aid and what the figure excludes
\n\n\nMir sinn aktuell bei 1 % vum Revenu national brut, wat eis Aide publique au développement ugeet. An do sinn d’Finanzementer fir den Accueil vu Refugiéen a fir Klima net dran.
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We are currently at 1 % of gross national income for our official development aid. And the funding for receiving refugees and for climate is not inside it.
\n\n20 March 2025 — stating his party's position that every protection period in the archiving law must be shortened
\n\n\nHär President, bei allen Delaien am Archivgesetz si mer der Meenung, dass se musse verkierzt ginn.
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Mr President, we hold that all the time limits in the archiving law must be shortened.
\n\n30 April 2025 — recounting the committee meeting on the reported governance problems at Mudam
\n\n\nEffektiv, mir haten eng Kommissiounssitzung mam Kulturminister a mat de Vertrieder vum Mudam, wou mer effektiv déi Reprochen diskutéiert hunn an déi Informatiounen, déi vun der Press relayéiert goufen, dass et effektiv am Mudam do géif Gouvernanceproblemer ginn, dass eng Rei och grav Reprochë vis-à-vis vun der Direktioun am Raum stéingen.
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Indeed, we had a committee meeting with the Minister of Culture and with the representatives of Mudam, where we discussed the reproaches and the information relayed by the press, that there are governance problems at Mudam and that a number of serious reproaches stand against the management.
\n\n16 May 2024 — calling reactors of the Cattenom generation a ticking time bomb
\n\n\nDéi Atommeilere vun där Generatioun, vun där vu Cattenom, awer insbesonnesch natierlech Cattenom, wat direkt un eiser Grenz steet, sinn eng tickend Zäitbomm.
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The reactors of that generation, of the Cattenom generation, but of course Cattenom in particular, which stands right on our border, are a ticking time bomb.
\n\n30 October 2025 — criticising the government’s decision not to appeal the court judgment
\n\n\nEng vun deene Reaktiounen ass vun eiser Regierung, déi matgedeelt huet, si géif net en appel goen. An eisen Ae ganz kloer déi falsch Decisioun.
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One of those reactions came from our government, which announced that it would not appeal. In our view, clearly the wrong decision.
\n\nOne recorded quote each, so these are single entries rather than timelines.
\n\n\nMir wäerten Iech sécher net als Ligener hei taxéieren, mee mir wäerten awer hei eis erwaarden, dass d’Chamber all d’Informatioune kritt zu deene Reprochen, déi am Raum stinn, fir sech eng Meenung kënnen ze maachen, well hei geet et ëm en Établissement public, wou grav Accusatiounen iwwert d’Press erauskomm sinn.
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We will certainly not label you a liar here, but we do expect the Chamber to receive all the information on the reproaches that stand, so it can form an opinion, because this concerns a public establishment where serious accusations came out through the press.
\n\n\nWann een eng Decisioun huet, déi der Industrie zwielef Joer Previsibilitéit gëtt – déi Decisioun ass virun zwee Joer geholl ginn, dat heescht, dat sinn zwielef Joer Viraussiicht an der Planung –, dann ass dat net abrupt.
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When you have a decision that gives industry twelve years of predictability - the decision was taken two years ago, so that is twelve years of foresight in the planning - then that is not abrupt.
\n\n\nKënnen d’Leit dann no 40 Joer effektiv an d’Pensioun goen oder musse se méi laang goen?
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Can people then actually retire after 40 years, or do they have to work longer?
\n\n\nÉischtens sollt d’ASFT-Gesetz mat Bléck op dat, wat bei der Caritas geschitt ass, iwwerschafft ginn. Mir hätten notamment gären eng Harmoniséierung vun de Konditiounen tëscht Ministèren.
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First, the ASFT law should be reworked in view of what happened at Caritas. We would like in particular a harmonisation of the conditions between ministries.
\n\n\nTrotzdeem sti mir weiderhin och hannert dem Prinzipp, dass mer an deene Regiounen, wou gebaut gëtt, och solle kompenséieren.
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Nevertheless we still stand behind the principle that we should compensate in the regions where building takes place.
\n\n\nD’Caritas gouf Affer vun enger krimineller Dot, war am Schock an ass du fale gelooss gi vun enger Regierung, déi sech hei net an enger sozialer Verantwortung gesinn huet.
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Caritas was the victim of a criminal act, was in shock and was then dropped by a government that did not see itself under a social responsibility here.
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