Laurent Zeimet is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for CSV in the Circonscription Sud, with a mandate that started on 2023-10-24.
\n17 December 2025 — stating that too little housing is being built at the moment
\n\n\nMir ënnerschätzen déi labill Situatioun um Wunnengsmaart an am Bausecteur net. Mir baue momentan nach ze wéineg.
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We do not underestimate the fragile situation on the housing market and in the construction sector. At the moment we are still building too little.
\n\n20 May 2026 — arguing that public housing construction and private partnerships must not be treated as opposites
\n\n\nAn dofir däerfe mer ëffentleche Wunnengsbau a privat Partnerschaften net als Géigesätz behandelen. Mir brauche béides.
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And so we must not treat public housing construction and private partnerships as opposites. We need both.
\n\n25 April 2024 — the rapporteur describing what the bill contains and when it applies
\n\n\nDéi Upassunge bestinn am Prinzipp aus verschiddenen administrative Vereinfachungen a solle fir d’Europawale vum 9. Juni dëst Joer gëllen.
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The changes consist in principle of various administrative simplifications and are to apply to the European elections of 9 June this year.
\n\n18 March 2025 — arguing that democracy depends on citizens taking part rather than consuming decisions
\n\n\nWa keen Engagement do ass, da stierwen eis Demokratien. An eis Bierger si keng Konsumenten, déi just drop waarden, datt mir hei iergendeppes solle fir si decidéieren.
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If there is no engagement, our democracies die. And our citizens are not consumers who simply wait for us to decide something for them.
\n\n4 December 2025 — rejecting what he presents as the interpellator's running down of representative democracy
\n\n\nEt geet wuel drëm, hei déi representativ Demokratie einfach emol schlechtzerieden. An ech muss Iech soen: Dat weise mer op dat Schäerfst zréck!
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What this is really about is talking down representative democracy. And I must tell you: we reject that in the strongest terms!
\n\n16 June 2026 — stating his party's position on the proposed bodies
\n\n\nEis Positioun als CSV ass kloer: Mir si fir d’Participatioun, mee mir si géint parallell Strukturen nieft der Chamber.
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Our position as the CSV is clear: we are for participation, but we are against parallel structures alongside the Chamber.
\n\n20 May 2026 — stating that the government will introduce a single tax class for everyone in the country
\n\n\nDës Regierung wäert eng eenheetlech Steierklass fir d’Leit alleguerten hei am Land aféieren.
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This government will introduce a single tax class for all the people in this country.
\n\n20 May 2026 — stating the estimated gross cost of the tax reform
\n\n\nDe Bruttokäschtepunkt gëtt op 900 Milliounen Euro am Joer geschat.
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The gross cost is estimated at 900 million euros a year.
\n\n16 October 2025 — stating that qualifying the acts is not the Luxembourg government's task
\n\n\nEt läit net un der Lëtzebuerger Regierung ze qualifizéieren, wat do elo geschitt ass a wien do wat da vläicht net am Respekt vum Vëlkerrecht gemaach huet.
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It is not for the Luxembourg government to qualify what has happened there and who may have done what without respecting international law.
\n\n18 March 2026 — stating that all members support international law and the International Criminal Court
\n\n\nEch wëll awer och soen: Mir stinn alleguerten zum internationale Recht an, wéi de Premier mat Recht gesot huet, och zum Internationale Strofgeriichtshaff.
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But I also want to say: we all stand by international law and, as the Prime Minister rightly said, by the International Criminal Court too.
\n\n14 November 2024 — condemning the conduct of the election and the regime's treatment of its population
\n\n\nAn dat ass eppes, wat mer verurteelen, selbstverständlech a besonnesch och hei: Wéi déi Walen ofgelaf sinn, wéi dee Regimm zanter Jore mat senger Populatioun ëmgeet, ass net ze akzeptéieren.
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And that is something we condemn, of course and especially here too: the way those elections went, the way that regime has treated its population for years, is not acceptable.
\n\n10 December 2024 — stating the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong
\n\n\nDen 19. November dëst Joer goufe 45 Demokraten a China wéinst hirem demokrateschen Engagement zu Hongkong condamnéiert.
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On 19 November this year, 45 democrats in China were sentenced for their democratic engagement in Hong Kong.
\n\n12 February 2025 — criticising the new US administration's disruptive way of making policy
\n\n\nDéi disruptiv Aart a Weis, Politick ze maachen, ass net eis Aart a Weis. A si ass och an eisen Ae brandgeféierlech.
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That disruptive way of making policy is not our way. And in our eyes it is extremely dangerous.
\n\n20 January 2026 — judging the US intervention in Venezuela to be contrary to international law
\n\n\nD’Interventioun vun den Amerikaner a Venezuela ass sécherlech net no de Reegele vum internationale Recht ofgelaf.
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The Americans' intervention in Venezuela was certainly not carried out according to the rules of international law.
\n\n20 November 2024 — backing the plan to raise defence spending to 2 % of gross national income by 2030
\n\n\nDofir sti mer hannert dem Wëllen, eis Defenseausgabe bis 2030 op 2 % vum RNB eropzeschrauwen.
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That is why we stand behind the intention to raise our defence spending to 2 % of gross national income by 2030.
\n\n4 March 2025 — backing the view that Europeans must now take responsibility for their own defence
\n\n\nJo, de Premierminister huet Recht: Et ass elo eng Stonn, wou d’Europäer musse Responsabilitéit fir hir Defense iwwerhuelen.
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Yes, the Prime Minister is right: this is the hour when Europeans must take responsibility for their defence.
\n\n29 October 2025 — arguing that Europe needs military strength to be taken seriously
\n\n\nSoulaang mer awer net och militäresch staark sinn, gi mer net seriö geholl a wäerte mer net gehéiert ginn.
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As long as we are not also militarily strong, we are not taken seriously and will not be heard.
\n\n20 May 2026 — arguing for solidarity with Luxembourg's allies now
\n\n\nWa mer wëllen eis 200 Joer Onofhängegkeet 2039 feieren, da musse mer och elo solidaresch mat eisen Alliéierte sinn.
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If we want to celebrate our 200 years of independence in 2039, then we must also show solidarity with our allies now.
\n\n25 June 2025 — stating that space must be used peacefully and not appropriated
\n\n\nFir eis als CSV ass et awer ganz kloer, dass all d’Méiglechkeeten am Espace musse friddlech genotzt ginn an datt et net zu enger Appropriatioun oder zu enger Koloniséierung dierf kommen.
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For us as CSV it is very clear that all the possibilities in space must be used peacefully, and that there must be no appropriation or colonisation.
\n\n28 April 2026 — stating that entering social dialogue requires listening to the other side's expectations
\n\n\nEch denken, wann een an de Sozialdialog geet, da muss een och mol bereet sinn, nozelauschteren, wat deenen aneren hir Erwaardunge sinn a wat déi aner sech virstellen.
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I think that if you go into social dialogue, you must also be ready to listen to what the others expect and what the others have in mind.
\n\n3 December 2024 — stating a figure about the size of the Mercosur market
\n\n\nEt muss een awer och feststellen, datt de Mercosur dee fënneftgréisste Marché op der Welt ass, mat gutt iwwer 280 Millioune Consommateuren.
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But you also have to note that Mercosur is the fifth-largest market in the world, with well over 280 million consumers.
\n\n11 December 2024 — judging that the Greater Region has not taken hold as a political project
\n\n\nMee d’Groussregioun als politesche Projet bleift weider eng Iddi, déi net wierklech verfänkt.
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But as a political project the Greater Region remains an idea that does not really catch on.
\n\n29 October 2025 — supporting the Mercosur agreement
\n\n\nMam Mercosur-Accord schafe mer nei Chancen a mir sollten eis méi trauen, Chancen ze gesinn, amplaz ëmmer nëmmen aus Angscht viru Risike Chancen ze verpassen.
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With the Mercosur agreement we create new opportunities, and we should dare more to see opportunities instead of always missing them out of fear of risks.
\n\n4 March 2026 — stating his group's view that the Benelux matters as a source of reliable partners inside the EU
\n\n\nDofir mengen ech, menge mir, datt de Benelux fir eis ganz wichteg ass, och innerhalb vun der Europäescher Unioun, fir verlässlech Partner an Zukunft ze hunn.
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That is why I think, we think, that the Benelux is very important for us, also inside the European Union, so that we have reliable partners in the future.
\n\n20 May 2026 — stating the size of the announced minimum wage increase
\n\n\nOp den 1. Januar 2027 soll de Mindestloun ëm ronn 175 Euro klammen.
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On 1 January 2027 the minimum wage is to rise by about 175 euros.
\n\n20 May 2026 — defending the government's plan to offset 1.3 percent of the announced minimum wage adjustment
\n\n\nDowéinst ass et räsonabel, datt d’Regierung 1,3 % vun der annoncéierter Upassung kompenséiere wëllt.
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That is why it is reasonable that the government wants to offset 1.3 percent of the announced adjustment.
\n\n9 June 2026 — stating that only what the economy earns can be distributed
\n\n\nMir bleiwe bei där Iwwerzeegung: Nëmme wat erwirtschaft gëtt, kann och verdeelt ginn, an nëmme wa Betriber investéieren, produzéieren an Aarbecht schafen, kann de Sozialstaat staark bleiwen.
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We hold to this conviction: only what is earned can be distributed, and only if firms invest, produce and create work can the welfare state stay strong.
\n\n14 November 2024 — stating his party's conclusion that the opportune moment has not come closer
\n\n\nMir kommen op alle Fall zur Konklusioun, datt deen opportune Moment an de leschte Méint net méi no geréckelt ass.
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We come in any case to the conclusion that the opportune moment has not moved closer in recent months.
\n\n26 June 2025 — insisting that Israel's right to exist must be accepted across the region
\n\n\nEt geet och ëm d’Existenzrecht vun Israel, an och dat muss an der ganzer Regioun a vu jidderengem ee fir alle Mol akzeptéiert ginn, wann et soll zu engem Fridde kommen.
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It is also about Israel's right to exist, and that too must be accepted once and for all in the whole region and by everybody, if there is to be peace.
\n\n16 October 2025 — stating his party's view of Israel's standing in the region
\n\n\nIsrael ass kee Schurkestaat. Israel ass déi eenzeg Demokratie am Noen Osten. Israel ass den eenzege Rechtsstaat am Noen Osten.
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Israel is not a rogue state. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel is the only state under the rule of law in the Middle East.
\n\n3 March 2026 — restating his group's support for international law while conceding the world has moved away from it
\n\n\nMir stinn zum internationale Recht. Mir wëllen eng reegelbaséiert Weltuerdnung. Mir mussen awer och zur Kenntnis huelen, datt mer haut vläicht erëm méi wäit dovunner ewech sinn, wéi dat an der Vergaangenheet de Fall war.
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We stand by international law. We want a rules-based world order. But we must also acknowledge that today we are perhaps further away from it than we were in the past.
\n\n20 November 2024 — rejecting appeasement of Russia in his argument against a mere ceasefire
\n\n\nAppeasement huet an der Geschicht nach ni fonctionéiert, well Autokraten an Diktatore sech net un Ofkommessen halen.
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Appeasement has never worked in history, because autocrats and dictators do not keep to agreements.
\n\n23 January 2025 — rejecting the inclusion of the proposed NATO accession sentence in this resolution
\n\n\nDat, wat d’Madamm Tanson elo gesot huet, menge mer, gehéiert net an dës Resolutioun eran, och wa mer eis alleguerten eens sinn, datt déi Perspektiv soll gi sinn, mee mir wëssen och alleguerten, datt dat zu dësem Moment net ka méiglech sinn.
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What Mrs Tanson has just said does not, we think, belong in this resolution, even if we all agree that the prospect should exist, but we all also know that it cannot be possible at this moment.
\n\n4 March 2025 — naming Russia's president as the party violating Ukraine's sovereignty since 2014
\n\n\nEt ass de russesche President, deen zanter 2014 d’Souveränitéit vun der Ukrain verletzt.
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It is the Russian president who has been violating Ukraine's sovereignty since 2014.
\n\n29 October 2025 — arguing that the EU must not abandon Ukraine
\n\n\nEng Unioun, déi d’Ukrain géif opginn, wier eng Unioun, déi sech selwer géif opginn.
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A Union that gave up Ukraine would be a Union that gave itself up.
\n\n11 July 2024 — arguing that the figures should not be massaged or hidden
\n\n\nAn dofir, mengen ech, ass och kee Moment do, fir mat den Ziffere wëllen ze fuddelen oder se ze verstoppen, mee datt mer dat, wat mer zougesot hunn, och anhalen.
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And therefore, I think, this is no moment to want to fiddle with the figures or hide them, but rather to keep to what we promised.
\n\n19 March 2026 — stating his party's continued commitment to development cooperation
\n\n\nMir stinn zu dësem Engagement, an dat zanter Laangem. Fir eis als CSV bleift d’Kooperatiounspolitick en Engagement fir eng besser Welt, en Engagement, fir Aarmut a Misär op anere Plazen an der Welt ze reduzéieren.
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We stand by this commitment, and have done for a long time. For us in the CSV, cooperation policy remains a commitment to a better world, a commitment to reduce poverty and misery in other places in the world.
\n\nOne recorded quote each, so these are single entries rather than timelines.
\n\n\nAus deem Grond gouf d’Alphabetiséierung op Franséisch op de Wee bruecht, fir déi Kanner, déi méi enk Lienen zur franséischer Sprooch hunn, do ofzehuelen, wou se sinn.
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For that reason literacy teaching in French was launched, to take the children who have closer ties to the French language from where they are.
\n\n\nDe Premier huet gëschter confirméiert: Mat eis wäert et keen Deconventionnement ginn. Mat eis wäert et och keng Zwouklassemedezinn ginn.
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The Prime Minister confirmed yesterday: with us there will be no deconventionnement. With us there will also be no two-tier medicine.
\n\n\nMir verstinn d’Klimapolitick net als Verzichtspolitick, mee als eng Moderniséierungspolitick.
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We understand climate policy not as a policy of doing without, but as a policy of modernisation.
\n\n\nMënschenhandel an Ausbeutung vu Mënschen ass wuel mat dat Abominabelst, wat mer eis alleguerte kënne virstellen. A Mënschenhandel ass net ze toleréieren, néierens op der Welt an och net hei bei eis!
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Trafficking and exploitation of human beings is about the most abominable thing any of us can imagine. And trafficking is not to be tolerated, nowhere in the world and not here with us either!
\n\n\nMee Immigratioun muss no klore Reegele geschéien a muss och esou geschéien, datt d’Kohäsioun am Land bestoe bleift.
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But immigration has to happen according to clear rules and has to happen in such a way that cohesion in the country is preserved.
\n\n\nDen Aarmutsrisiko ass nach ëmmer ze héich a säin Niveau net zefriddestellend.
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The risk of poverty is still too high and its level is not satisfactory.
\n\n\nMatenee wuesse kënne mer nëmmen duerch eng responsabel Budgetspolitick. Mir leien aktuell mat eiser Staatsschold bei ronn 27 % vun eiser Wirtschaftskraaft.
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We can only grow together through a responsible budget policy. Our public debt currently stands at about 27 % of our economic output.
\n\n\nWichteg ass fir eis, datt d’Fräiheet vun de Frae gestäerkt gëtt. Dat droe mer mat. A wichteg ass fir eis och, datt den Avortement net banaliséiert gëtt.
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What matters to us is that the freedom of women is strengthened. We support that. And it also matters to us that abortion is not made banal.
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