Bill 8612 (\"Cour de Justice Benelux\"). The Chamber debated and voted it on 4 March 2026.
\nSittings: Sitting of 4 March 2026
\nAn LSAP heure d'actualité on the priorities of the Benelux Union and the ambitions of the Luxembourg presidency, held on the same day as the unanimous vote on projet de loi 8612 approving the seat agreement with the Benelux Court of Justice; Francine Closener tabled motion 1, signed by déi gréng, Piraten and déi Lénk, asking the government to obtain a follow-up mechanism for the recommendations of the Benelux Interparliamentary Assembly, and the motion was referred unanimously to committee.
\nFrancine Closener (LSAP), demanding short and clear deadlines for handling the Benelux Parliament's recommendations:
\n\n\nEt brauch ee kuerz a kloer Delaien, fir datt déi national Parlamenter an och d’Regierunge sech mat de Recommandatioune vum Benelux-Parlament auserneesetzen.
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Short and clear deadlines are needed so that the national parliaments and the governments deal with the recommendations of the Benelux Parliament.
\nSitting of 4 March 2026, Francine Closener, LSAP
\nLaurent Zeimet (CSV), 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.
\nSitting of 4 March 2026, Laurent Zeimet, CSV
\nGusty Graas (DP), saying his first reflex was not to sign the motion because it is not so easy in practice:
\n\n\nEffektiv, den éischte Moment, wéi ech se gelies hunn – dat soen ech awer ganz éierlech –, war net direkt de Reflex do, se ze ënnerschreiwen, well wann een dat elo e bësselche méi duerchspillt, da mierkt een awer ganz séier, datt dat an der Praxis net esou einfach ass.
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In fact, the first moment when I read it, and I say this quite honestly, the reflex to sign it was not immediately there, because when you think it through a bit more you notice very quickly that this is not so easy in practice.
\nSitting of 4 March 2026, Gusty Graas, DP
\n4 March 2026 — Premier vote constitutionnel.
\n| Party | For | Against | Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSV | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| DP | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| LSAP | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| ADR | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| déi gréng | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Piraten | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| déi Lénk | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 60 | 0 | 0 |
No deputy voted against the majority of their party in this vote.
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