Tom Weidig is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for ADR in the Circonscription Centre, with a mandate that started on 2023-10-24.
\n19 December 2024 — voting for the equal treatment centre's accounts while criticising it for taking a political position on a school petition
\n\n\nMir stëmmen d’Konte vum CET mat, mee mir wëllen och kloer soen, datt mir onzefridde sinn, datt den CET nees eng Kéier probéiert huet, den demokrateschen Debat ze beaflossen, andeem en eng kloer politesch Positioun geholl huet, zum Beispill bei der Petitioun iwwer LGBTQ-Theemen an der Schoul.
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We vote for the accounts of the CET, but we also want to say clearly that we are unhappy that the CET has once again tried to influence the democratic debate by taking a clear political position, for example on the petition about LGBTQ topics in school.
\n\n10 July 2025 — arguing for a commission of inquiry instead
\n\n\nDomat stellt sech d’Fro, ob et net besser gewiescht wär, eng Enquêtëkommissioun ze maachen. Mir als ADR fanne jo.
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That raises the question whether it would not have been better to set up a commission of inquiry. We of the ADR think so.
\n\n16 December 2025 — stating that the number of bills on the agenda prevents proper preparation
\n\n\nDe Problem ass, mir mussen eis jo och virbereeden op déi eenzel Projet-de-loien. A wa mer esou vill Projet-de-loien hunn, da kënne mer eis parlamentaresch Aarbecht halt net esou gutt maachen.
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The problem is that we also have to prepare for each of the bills. And if we have so many bills, then we simply cannot do our parliamentary work so well.
\n\n7 May 2024 — arguing that any company licensed in Europe should remain open to investment
\n\n\nEch mengen, bei all Firma, déi an Europa eng Geneemegung huet fir ze fonctionéieren, soll och d’Méiglechkeet bestoen, fir a se ze investéieren.
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I think that for every company that has an authorisation to operate in Europe, the possibility of investing in it should also exist.
\n\n17 December 2025 — blaming the growth of the supervisors' budgets on EU regulation
\n\n\nDe Grond ass déi explosiounsaarteg Zounam vu Regulatiounen aus der EU, aus Bréissel an, virun allem, missiounsfrieme Regulatiounen.
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The reason is the explosive increase of regulations from the EU, from Brussels, and above all of regulations alien to their mission.
\n\n30 April 2026 — asking for more simplification in the coming European omnibus directives
\n\n\nEch hoffen elo wierklech, datt elo bei deenen nächste Saachen, déi aus Europa, aus Bréissel kommen, virun allem den Omnibus-Direktiven, elo nees méi Vereinfachunge kommen.
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I really hope that the next texts coming from Europe, from Brussels, above all the omnibus directives, bring more simplification again.
\n\n25 June 2025 — attacking the government as obsessed with CO2 and blaming that for market distortions
\n\n\nDës Regierung ass obsedéiert mat CO2, an doduerch komme signifikant Verzerrungen am Marché a suboptimal Léisungen eraus.
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This government is obsessed with CO2, and that produces significant market distortions and suboptimal solutions.
\n\n20 November 2025 — giving his party's main reason for abstaining again on the aid scheme
\n\n\nEist Haaptargument ass, datt mir einfach net un de PNEC a vill vu sengen Ziler gleewen.
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Our main argument is that we simply do not believe in the national energy and climate plan and many of its targets.
\n\n2 July 2024 — asking the Prime Minister whether Luxembourg should benefit from the French nuclear shield
\n\n\nHär Staatsminister, sidd Dir derfir oder dergéint, datt Lëtzebuerg vum Schutz vum franséischen Nuklearschëld soll profitéieren?
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Prime Minister, are you for or against Luxembourg benefiting from the protection of the French nuclear shield?
\n\n30 October 2025 — stating that the Chamber never properly debated or voted on the binational battalion
\n\n\nMir hunn nämlech och nogekuckt, an dee binationale Batallioun ass ni richteg an der Chamber diskutéiert ginn an et ass och net wierklech ofgestëmmt ginn, datt mer dat wierklech wëllen.
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We have indeed checked, and the binational battalion was never properly debated in the Chamber, nor was it really voted that we actually want it.
\n\n21 January 2026 — stating that the GovSat-2 satellite is the best option in a difficult situation
\n\n\nDe GovSat-2-Satellitt ass an deem Kontext dat Bescht, wat mir maache kënnen an enger schwiereger Situatioun.
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In that context the GovSat-2 satellite is the best we can do in a difficult situation.
\n\n5 March 2026 — announcing that his group will vote for the pay increase
\n\n\nMir wäerten natierlech dëser Erhéijung net am Wee stoen. Mir wäerte se matstëmmen, well all Euro méi fir eis fräiwëlleg Zaldoten ass besser ewéi de Status quo.
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We will of course not stand in the way of this increase. We will vote for it, because every extra euro for our volunteer soldiers is better than the status quo.
\n\n21 January 2025 — arguing that a subsidy shows the technology is not yet accepted by the market
\n\n\nDat heescht näischt aneres, wéi datt déi Technologie vum Konsument a vum Marché nach net voll akzeptéiert ass, an duerfir muss een duerch Subsiden de Präis reduzéieren.
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That means nothing other than that the technology is not yet fully accepted by the consumer and by the market, and that is why the price has to be reduced through subsidies.
\n\n10 July 2025 — criticising heavy subsidy of a technology he considers not yet mature as a distortion of the market
\n\n\nMee et verzerrt de Marché, eng Technologie, déi de Moment nach net masseräif ass, einfach massiv ze subventionéieren an einfach per force wëllen dat enger Maartwirtschaft ze imposéieren.
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But it distorts the market to subsidise massively a technology that is not yet ready for mass use, and to want to impose that by force on a market economy.
\n\n29 October 2025 — arguing that the near-ban on the combustion engine is unrealistic
\n\n\nEt kristalliséiert sech ëmmer méi eraus, datt dee Quasiverbuet vum Verbrennermotor onrealistesch ass a méi op enger Wonschvirstellung baséiert huet wéi op wirtschaftlechen an technologesche Realitéiten.
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It is becoming ever clearer that this quasi-ban on the combustion engine is unrealistic and was based more on wishful thinking than on economic and technological realities.
\n\n2 April 2025 — criticising the DSA as undermining constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression
\n\n\nDen DSA ënnergrueft d’Meenungsfräiheet, déi garantéiert ass vun eiser Verfassung!
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The DSA undermines the freedom of expression that our Constitution guarantees!
\n\n15 May 2025 — asking the minister for a guarantee that paper signatures stay possible
\n\n\nKënnt Der eis do d’Garantie ginn, datt et a fënnef oder zéng Joer – oder an aller Zukunft – nach ëmmer méiglech ass, datt d’Bierger um Pabeier kënnen ënnerschreiwen?
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Can you give us the guarantee that in five or ten years, or in any future, citizens will still be able to sign on paper?
\n\n18 December 2025 — stating his party’s condition for supporting data sharing
\n\n\nMir si fir d’Deele vun Daten an Innovatioun, mee nëmme mat effiziente Kontrollen a Gesetzer, déi net iwwerreguléieren.
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We are in favour of data sharing and innovation, but only with efficient controls and laws that do not over-regulate.
\n\n4 March 2026 — warning that widely used American services could be blocked
\n\n\nOch vill vun eis benotzen Gmail-Adressen an esou weider. An do ass et ganz kloer, datt d’Amerikaner dat blockéiere kënnen.
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Many of us also use Gmail addresses and so on. And there it is quite clear that the Americans can block that.
\n\n27 February 2024 — disputing that Russian aggression alone explains the energy price rise
\n\n\nDuerfir ass et menger Meenung no ze kuerz gegraff, fir einfach ze soen, datt dat wéinst der russescher Aggressioun ass.
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So in my opinion it falls short simply to say that this is because of the Russian aggression.
\n\n14 November 2024 — announcing his party's abstention on the bill
\n\n\nDuerfir wäerte mir eis bei deem heite Gesetzesprojet enthalen.
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That is why we will abstain on this bill.
\n\n10 July 2025 — stating that electricity is too expensive and hydrogen not profitable at present
\n\n\nDe Stroumpräis ass am Moment ze héich an de Waasserstoff ass einfach net rentabel.
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The electricity price is too high at the moment and hydrogen is simply not profitable.
\n\n20 May 2026 — stating his party's position against subsidies for technologies it considers immature
\n\n\nMir stinn och derfir, datt mer eng Ekonomie sollen hunn, déi staark a flexibel ass, a keng Marktverzerrungen duerch onnéideg Verbueter an onnéideg Subventioune vun Technologien, déi nach net massereif sinn.
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We also stand for an economy that is strong and flexible, without market distortions through unnecessary bans and unnecessary subsidies for technologies that are not yet ready for mass use.
\n\n20 March 2024 — naming the risk of abuse in giving the government extra power
\n\n\nWann een an Ausnamesituatiounen ass, wann een eppes ännert an der Regierung eng extra Gewalt gëtt, gëtt et natierlech ëmmer d’Méiglechkeet, datt do Mëssbrauch gemaach gëtt.
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When you are in exceptional situations, when you change something and give the government an extra power, there is of course always the possibility that it is abused.
\n\n13 February 2025 — opposing the directive as unnecessary regulation
\n\n\nRegulatioun ass wichteg, mee mir brauche keng onnéideg Regulatioun, déi eis ekonomesch no hanne bréngt an déi och net vill Impact huet.
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Regulation is important, but we do not need unnecessary regulation that sets us back economically and that does not have much impact either.
\n\n25 June 2025 — criticising the past asteroid mining campaign as technologically pointless
\n\n\nLëtzebuerg huet do eng massiv Campagne fir Asteroidmining gemaach, déi kloer technologesch absolutt kee Sënn gemaach huet.
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Luxembourg ran a massive campaign for asteroid mining there, which clearly made absolutely no technological sense.
\n\n16 June 2026 — setting out his group's principles on the role of the state
\n\n\nÉischtens, esou vill Staat wéi néideg an esou mann Staat wéi méiglech. Zweetens, de Bierger soll de Staat kontrolléieren an net de Staat de Bierger.
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First, as much state as necessary and as little state as possible. Second, the citizen should control the state and not the state the citizen.
\n\n14 November 2024 — stating his party's understanding for the countries that reintroduced controls
\n\n\nMir als ADR verstinn, firwat Länner nees ufänken ze kontrolléieren.
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We as the ADR understand why countries are starting to check again.
\n\n13 February 2025 — arguing that a legal appeal would solve nothing
\n\n\nEt stëmmt, datt dës Grenzkontrolle géint EU-Recht kéinte verstoussen, mee mat engem Recours léise mir genau null Problemer.
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It is true that these border controls could breach EU law, but with an appeal we solve exactly no problems.
\n\n20 March 2025 — welcoming the Omnibus deregulation and announcing a vote against the motion
\n\n\nDuerfir begréisse mir, datt den Omnibus vereinfacht a sënnvoll dereguléiert, a stëmme géint dës Motioun vun der LSAP.
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That is why we welcome that the Omnibus simplifies and sensibly deregulates, and we vote against this motion from the LSAP.
\n\n4 December 2025 — supporting EU simplification but not at the cost of data protection
\n\n\nOp där anerer Säit si mer awer och averstanen, datt, wa Vereinfachunge kommen, et net op d’Käschte vum Dateschutz soll goen.
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On the other hand we also agree that, if simplifications come, they should not be at the cost of data protection.
\n\n20 March 2025 — arguing the existing social welfare offices are enough to cushion financial hardship
\n\n\nDen Office social geet duer, fir d’finanziell Problemer ofzefiederen.
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The social welfare office is enough to cushion the financial problems.
\n\n10 July 2025 — proposing tighter checks on associations above a convention threshold
\n\n\nMir géifen dofir proposéieren, datt Associatiounen, mat deenen de Staat Konventiounen ab enger bestëmmter Schwell, wéi eng Millioun Euro, mécht, vill méi genau kontrolléiert musse ginn.
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We would therefore propose that associations with which the state concludes conventions above a certain threshold, such as one million euros, must be checked much more closely.
\n\n25 April 2024 — arguing that the rating agencies do fix a debt threshold for the triple-A rating
\n\n\nAn ech mengen, mir sinn och derfir, mee elo ass et natierlech esou, datt d’Ratingagencies natierlech Fetischiste sinn an natierlech ganz kloer Krittären hunn, an ab engem bestëmmte Scholdentaux gëtt et keen Triple-A méi.
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And I think we are for it too, but of course the rating agencies are fetishists and have very clear criteria, and above a certain debt ratio there is no more triple-A.
\n\n19 December 2024 — reporting on the Chamber's own accounting system
\n\n\nDéi nei Finanzsoftware fonctionnéiert elo gutt a si erlaabt, gläichzäiteg de Chambersbudget wéi och d’Kontabilitéit en temps réel ze féieren, wat d’Transparenz vun de Chambersfinanze signifikant stäerkt.
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The new financial software now works well and it lets the Chamber budget and the accounts be kept in real time, which strengthens the transparency of the Chamber's finances significantly.
\n\n30 April 2025 — asking why the previous government did not get the rule right the first time
\n\n\nEt kann een natierlech trotzdeem d’Fro stellen, firwat datt déi lescht Regierung dat net am éischte Worf gemaach huet.
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You can of course still ask why the last government did not do this at the first attempt.
\n\n9 July 2025 — asking the minister where the extra money will come from
\n\n\nMadamm Minister, wou kommen déi extra Suen hier? Sot eis, wannechgelift, bei wat fir engem Ministerkolleeg gitt Der an de Budget Suen eraushuelen?
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Madam Minister, where does the extra money come from? Tell us please, from which ministerial colleague are you going to take money out of the budget?
\n\n24 June 2025 — recalling his own party's earlier bill on the same problem
\n\n\nEch wëll awer drun erënneren, datt d’ADR schonn am Juni 2022 d’Proposition de loi 8024 duerch de Fernand Kartheiser eragereecht hat, déi op en Deel vun där Problematik opmierksam gemaach huet.
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But I want to recall that as early as June 2022 the ADR submitted private member's bill 8024 through Fernand Kartheiser, which drew attention to part of this problem.
\n\n16 October 2025 — arguing that the mayor should have the power to direct the local police
\n\n\nD’Leit komme bei si, wann et Problemer gëtt. Duerfir ass eng Weisungsbefugnis vum Buergermeeschter absolutt sënnvoll.
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People come to them when there are problems. That is why a power of direction for the mayor makes complete sense.
\n\n29 October 2025 — warning about the effect of the faster authorisation procedure
\n\n\nEng Simplification administrative ass jo schéin a gutt, mee et heescht awer och, datt een den Iwwerwaachungsstaat elo méi séier an effizient ausbaue kann, wann ee wëll.
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Administrative simplification is all well and good, but it also means that the surveillance state can now be built up faster and more efficiently, if one wants to.
\n\n10 February 2026 — arguing for publishing crime data by nationality and residence status
\n\n\nFir eng informéiert ëffentlech Debatt ass et relevant, transparent Donnéeën iwwert d’Kriminalitéit zur Verfügung ze stellen, och am Bezuch op Nationalitéit an Openthaltsstatus.
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For an informed public debate it is relevant to make transparent data on crime available, including in relation to nationality and residence status.
\n\n7 May 2024 — arguing that Luxembourg should accept the choice of other EU countries
\n\n\nWa vill EU-Länner Atomenergie als wichteg ugesinn, da solle mir dat och akzeptéieren.
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If many EU countries consider nuclear energy important, then we should accept that too.
\n\n16 May 2024 — proposing that Luxembourg help pay for extra safety measures at Cattenom
\n\n\nAlso, wéi gesot, wa Frankräich extra Sécherheetsmesüren hëlt wéinst eis, da solle mir déi och matbezuelen.
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So, as I said, if France takes extra safety measures because of us, then we should help pay for them.
\n\n30 October 2025 — stating that his party is neither pro-nuclear nor anti-nuclear
\n\n\nDer ADR an och mir ass et komplett egal, wat fir Energieforme mir benotzen. Mir si weeder pronuklear, nach si mer antinuklear.
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The ADR, and I too, are completely indifferent as to which forms of energy we use. We are neither pro-nuclear nor anti-nuclear.
\n\n11 February 2026 — blaming the demolition of nuclear plants for higher prices and dependence
\n\n\nD’Nuklearzentrale sinn einfach gesprengt ginn. Dës Zentrale si fir Milliarden Euro opgebaut ginn an hätten nach joerzéngtelaang bëllegen a séchere Stroum geliwwert, an dat komplett onofhängeg vu Wand a Sonn, a mir wäre vill manner erpressbar gewiescht vun externen Energieliwwerante wéi Russland.
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The nuclear plants were simply blown up. These plants were built for billions of euros and would have delivered cheap and secure electricity for decades more, completely independent of wind and sun, and we would have been far less open to blackmail by external energy suppliers such as Russia.
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\n\n\nDe Pensiounskompensatiounsfong soll fräi si vu politeschen Ziler a soll no rationale Kriterie vun der Maximiséierung vun der Renditt schaffen.
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The pension compensation fund should be free of political goals and should work by rational criteria of maximising the return.
\n\n\nAus all deene Grënn a well dës Bedenken eiser Meenung no net kloer am aktuelle Gesetzestext geléist ginn, stëmme mir dergéint.
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For all those reasons, and because in our view these concerns are not clearly resolved in the current text of the law, we vote against.
\n\n\nMir wëllen awer eng kleng Warnung aussprieche géint d’Micromanagement vun der Ekonomie.
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But we want to give a small warning against the micromanagement of the economy.
\n\n\nA meng Konklusioun ass: Et gëtt zwou Aarte vu Keimzellen: Eezellen a Spermienzellen. An all Mënsch ass eng Fusioun vun deenen zwee.
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And my conclusion is: there are two kinds of germ cells, egg cells and sperm cells. And every human being is a fusion of those two.
\n\n\nFir mech ass et kloer, datt d’Caritas net gerett konnt ginn, baséierend op de Faiten, déi opgewullt gi sinn.
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For me it is clear that Caritas could not have been saved, based on the facts that were dug up.
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