Gérard Schockmel is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for DP in the Circonscription Centre, with a mandate that started on 2023-10-24.
\n19 March 2025 — accepting a debate on new revenue while warning about the burden on the economy
\n\n\nD’DP ass gewëllt, d’Méiglechkeete vun neie Recetten ze diskutéieren, gëtt awer ze bedenken, datt dës Recetten eis Wirtschaft net ze staark belaaschten dierfen.
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The DP is willing to discuss the possibilities of new revenue, but points out that this revenue must not burden our economy too heavily.
\n\n19 March 2025 — asking how Luxembourg would stay attractive if it introduced an AI tax before other countries
\n\n\nMeng Fro war, wa Lëtzebuerg virprescht mat enger KI-Steier, wéi mer sécherstellen, datt mir net vis-à-vis vun anere Länner, och Nopeschlänner, dann un Attraktivitéit verléieren.
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My question was: if Luxembourg goes ahead with an AI tax, how do we make sure that we do not lose attractiveness compared with other countries, including neighbouring ones?
\n\n19 December 2023 — criticising a gap in the scheme, that eleven weekday on-call hours stay unpaid
\n\n\nDat heescht, 11 Stonne vun den Astreintë wärend der Woch ginn net bezuelt. Dat ass natierlech net zefriddestellend.
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That means 11 hours of weekday on-call time are not paid. That is of course not satisfactory.
\n\n27 June 2024 — announcing his group's agreement to the bill
\n\n\nAus all dëse Grënn ginn ech heimat den Accord vu menger Fraktioun fir dëst Gesetz.
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For all these reasons I hereby give my group's agreement to this law.
\n\n23 January 2025 — proposing that women may choose between a midwife and a gynaecologist for prenatal examinations
\n\n\nD’DP ass der Usiicht, datt, soulaang d’Sécherheet vun der Fra garantéiert ass, hir de Choix sollt iwwerlooss ginn, ob si sech vun hirer Hiewan oder hirem Gynekolog ënnersiche léisst.
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The DP takes the view that, as long as the woman's safety is guaranteed, she should be left the choice whether her midwife or her gynaecologist examines her.
\n\n12 February 2026 — explaining what the planned centre for medical excellence should do with treatment data
\n\n\nMir wëllen en Zentrum fir medezinnesch Exzellenz, well dat soll jo dann en onofhängegen Zentrum sinn, wou déi Behandlungsdonnéeë vun alle Patienten hikommen an dann och reegelméisseg evaluéiert ginn.
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We want a centre for medical excellence, because that should be an independent centre where the treatment data of all patients arrive and are then also evaluated regularly.
\n\n19 March 2025 — setting out his expectation that AI-driven productivity gains also bring unemployment risk
\n\n\nDen zweete Punkt ass, datt mer, wa mer esou eng Produktivitéitssteigerung kréien, natierlech musse fäerten, datt et zu enger Aarbechtslosegkeet kënnt, dat heescht, wou mer dann natierlech musse kucken, entweeder déi Leit an der Aarbecht ze halen oder aner Aarbechtsplazen ze schafen.
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The second point is that if we get such a productivity increase, we must of course fear that unemployment follows, which means we then have to look at either keeping those people in work or creating other jobs.
\n\n2 April 2025 — stating his party's support for the Digital Services Act and for free speech together with citizens' safety
\n\n\nAls DP sti mir zum Digital Services Act a setzen eis weiderhi fir d’Meenungsfräiheet vu jiddwerengem an, ouni datt dobäi d’Sécherheet vun de Bierger op d’Spill gesat gëtt.
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As the DP we stand behind the Digital Services Act and we continue to defend everyone's freedom of expression, without putting citizens' safety at risk.
\n\n18 December 2025 — explaining, as rapporteur, the central element of the bill
\n\n\nAm Mëttelpunkt steet d’Schafe vum Commissariat du Gouvernement à la souveraineté des données, kuerz d’Kommissariat, ënnert der Responsabilitéit vum Minister fir Digitaliséierung.
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At the centre is the creation of the Government Commissariat for Data Sovereignty, in short the commissariat, under the responsibility of the Minister for Digitalisation.
\n\n19 March 2026 — setting out why data sovereignty matters for the financial sector
\n\n\nAm Finanzberäich ass et besonnesch wichteg, d’Kontroll iwwer vertraulech a sensibel Daten ze behalen.
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In the financial field it is especially important to keep control over confidential and sensitive data.
\n\n19 March 2025 — proposing to raise the effective retirement age towards the legal one
\n\n\nFir d’DP ass et ganz kloer, wou een hei usetze misst: De reelle Pensiounsuntrëttsalter muss méi no un dee legale Pensiounsalter erubruecht ginn.
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For the DP it is very clear where you would have to start: the real retirement age must be brought closer to the legal retirement age.
\n\n18 December 2025 — reporting the yearly cost to the State of subsidising the pension schemes
\n\n\nDe Staat kaschten dʼSubventioune vun eise verschiddene Pensiounssystemer dëst Joer 3,5 Milliarden Euro.
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The subsidies for our various pension schemes cost the State 3.5 billion euros this year.
\n\n19 March 2025 — stating the share of the wage bill from cross-border workers who will also retire
\n\n\nA mir dierfen net vergiessen, datt och d’Frontalieren, déi 47 % zu eiser Masse salariale bäidroen, och an d’Pensioun ginn.
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And we must not forget that the cross-border workers, who contribute 47% of our wage bill, also retire.
\n\n25 June 2025 — stating the size of the national space ecosystem
\n\n\nDe lëtzebuergesche Weltraumekosystem zielt haut 80 Entreprisen, déi zirka 1.650 Leit beschäftegen.
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The Luxembourg space ecosystem today counts 80 companies employing about 1,650 people.
\n\n22 January 2026 — stating figures on the European Public Prosecutor's caseload in 2024
\n\n\nAm Joer 2024 eleng huet den Europäesche Parquet 2.666 lafend Enquêtë geréiert a 6.547 Infractioune beaarbecht, vun deenen iwwert d’Hallschent TVA-Bedruchsfäll waren.
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In 2024 alone the European Public Prosecutor's Office handled 2,666 ongoing investigations and dealt with 6,547 offences, more than half of them VAT fraud cases.
\n\n11 February 2026 — setting a condition on the digitalisation of justice
\n\n\nD’Digitaliséierung dierf ni op d’Käschte vun der Privatsphär, dem Dateschutz oder eise rechtsstaatleche Prinzippie goen.
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Digitalisation must never come at the cost of privacy, data protection or our rule-of-law principles.
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\n\n\nD’DP géif vun enger allgemenger Erhéijung vun de Mindestrenten ofroden, well dat eng ze vill simplistesch Approche ass an net onbedéngt deene Leit hëlleft, déi wierklech op d’finanziell Ënnerstëtzung ugewise sinn.
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The DP would advise against a general increase of the minimum pensions, because that is too simplistic an approach and does not necessarily help the people who really need the financial support.
\n\n\nD’DP begréisst d’Schafe vun der Centrale d’achat, déi eist Land zukünfteg besser op Defie bei der Medikamenteversuergung a beim Beschafe vu medezinneschem Material virbereede wäert.
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The DP welcomes the creation of the central purchasing body, which will in future prepare our country better for challenges in medicine supply and in procuring medical material.
\n\n\nSi mer dogéint protegéiert duerch d’Konstitutioun? Nee, well d’Konstitutioun iwwerléisst dem Gesetz et, d’Modalitéite festzeleeën.
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Are we protected against that by the Constitution? No, because the Constitution leaves it to the law to set the conditions.
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