Bill 8640 (\"réforme des pensions\"). The Chamber debated and voted it on 18 December 2025.
\nSittings: Sitting of 18 December 2025, Sitting of 18 December 2025
\nBill 8640, a tax package with a new allowance for working past the retirement age, housing tax measures and excise changes, was debated and voted.
\nMichel Wolter (CSV), explaining, as rapporteur, the purpose of the new tax allowance:
\n\n\nD’Zil ass et, an dat ass jo ganz kloer, d’Leit ze motivéieren, fräiwëlleg méi laang ze schaffen, a se esou och méi no un de legale Pensiounsalter erunzeféieren.
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The aim is clear: to motivate people to work longer voluntarily, and so to bring them closer to the legal retirement age.
\nSitting of 18 December 2025, Michel Wolter, CSV
\nAndré Bauler (DP), warning about a drawback of the higher deductible ceiling for private pension products:
\n\n\nZweetens däerf awer net vergiess ginn, datt d’Zommen, déi am Kader vun dëse Kontrakter opgebaut ginn, bei der Ausbezuelung vun dëse Kontrakter besteiert ginn.
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Second, it must not be forgotten that the sums built up under these contracts are taxed when the contracts are paid out.
\nSitting of 18 December 2025, André Bauler, DP
\nTaina Bofferding (LSAP), preferring a tax credit to the allowance the bill creates:
\n\n\nMir verschléissen eis net der Iddi, d’Leit ze motivéieren, ze incitéieren, méi laang schaffen ze goen. Mir fanne just, dass d’Instrument vum Abattement definitiv dat Falscht ass.
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We are not closed to the idea of motivating people to work longer. We simply think the instrument of a tax allowance is definitely the wrong one.
\nSitting of 18 December 2025, Taina Bofferding, LSAP
\n18 December 2025 — Premier vote constitutionnel.
\n| Party | For | Against | Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSV | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| DP | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| LSAP | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| ADR | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| déi gréng | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Piraten | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| déi Lénk | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 18 | 0 |
Party splits: CSV, DP, ADR, Piraten voted for; LSAP, déi gréng, déi Lénk voted against.
\n1 further votes, one row each. The party columns show how many deputies voted each way.
\n| Vote | Date | For | Against | Abstain | Parties against or abstaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO 1 - PL 8640 | 18 December 2025 | 20 | 38 | 0 | CSV, DP, ADR against |
No deputy voted against the majority of their party in any of these votes.
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