Lex Delles served in the government and held the portfolio of Économie, des PME, de l’Énergie et du Tourisme during the sittings recorded here.
\nSpoke on bills: PL7329, PL7479, PL8048, PL8175, PL8222, PL8229, PL8250, PL8275, PL8298, PL8309, PL8314, PL8348, PL8386, PL8428, PL8462, PL8463, PL8472, PL8474, PL8479, PL8496, PL8518, PL8561, PL8596, PL8663.
\nSittings spoken in: 40.
\n24 April 2024 — stating that housing not built today will be missing later
\n\n\nAll Wunneng, déi haut net gebaut gëtt, ass eng Wunneng, déi muer feelt.
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Every home that is not built today is a home that will be missing tomorrow.
\n\n25 June 2025 — answering that more investment in renewables is the way to greater independence
\n\n\nA wa mer hei, als Lëtzebuerg, als Europa, gäre wëlle méi onofhängeg gi vun Decisiounen, déi am Ausland geholl ginn, ma da musse mer méi an déi erneierbar Energien investéieren an da musse mer och weiderhi kucken, dass mer méi onofhängeg ginn.
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If we here, as Luxembourg and as Europe, want to become more independent of decisions taken abroad, then we must invest more in renewable energy and keep working to become more independent.
\n\n20 November 2025 — the minister stating that aid will now only go to installations without fossil fuels
\n\n\nDat heescht, mir maachen heimat also nëmmen nach Hëllefe fir Elementer, déi kënne geholl ginn, wou keng fossill Brennstoffer méi dra sinn.
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That means we now only give aid for items that can be taken up where no fossil fuels are involved any more.
\n\n10 December 2024 — playing down the risk to fuel supply by citing the share of reserves held at Mertert
\n\n\nDee gréisste Problem, deen ee sech kéint virstellen, wier dee vum Pëtrol. Dat ass awer net esou schlëmm, vu dass just 20 % vun de Reserven am Mäerterter Hafe sinn.
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The biggest problem one could imagine would be the one with petrol. But that is not so bad, since only 20% of the reserves are at the port of Mertert.
\n\n10 July 2025 — stating how many charging points the existing scheme has produced
\n\n\nDo sinn eng ronn 1.000 Bornen iwwert déi Programmer hei installéiert ginn, 1.000 Bornen, déi also bäikomm sinn, nëmme well dee Projet hei en place gesat ginn ass.
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Around 1,000 charging points have been installed through these programmes, 1,000 charging points that were added only because this scheme was put in place.
\n\n14 November 2024 — giving the cost of the quantum computer and the EU share
\n\n\nDo schwätze mer vu ronn 17 Milliounen Euro, déi et kascht, fir de Quantecomputer op Lëtzebuerg ze kréien, 50 % vun EuroHPC subventionéiert.
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We are talking about around 17 million euros that it costs to bring the quantum computer to Luxembourg, 50% subsidised by EuroHPC.
\n\n23 January 2025 — stating that building a data centre in Luxembourg is important and supported across the Chamber
\n\n\nEch mengen, dass et ganz wichteg ass, an do ass eeben och Eenheet hei an der Chamber, fir kënnen en Datenzenter hei zu Lëtzebuerg ze bauen.
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I think it is very important, and there is unity here in the Chamber on this, to be able to build a data centre here in Luxembourg.
\n\n23 January 2025 — stating that the environmental impact assessment is in its second phase
\n\n\nMee et kann een nach näischt Definitives soen, fir op Är véiert Fro ze äntweren, well mer am Moment an der zweeter Phas vun der EIE si fir ze kucken, wat den Impakt ass, also déi zweet Phas vun der Ëmweltprüfung, déi am Moment gemaach gëtt.
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But nothing definitive can be said yet, to answer your fourth question, because we are currently in the second phase of the environmental impact assessment, which is being carried out at the moment.
\n\n2 April 2025 — defending the choice of an existing authority instead of creating a new regulator
\n\n\nWell ech mengen, dass et hei wichteg ass, net erëm eng Autoritéit ze grënnen, fir se ze grënnen, mee hei wierklech alles ënnert een Hutt ze kréien, wat muss sinn.
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I think it is important here not to create yet another authority just for the sake of it, but to really bring together under one roof what has to be brought together.
\n\n25 June 2025 — answering that the country must be among the first movers on artificial intelligence
\n\n\nDir gesitt, wéi séier d’Kënschtlech Intelligenz sech weiderdeveloppéiert, a mir mussen hei bei de First-Movere sinn.
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You see how fast artificial intelligence is developing, and we have to be among the first movers here.
\n\n11 February 2026 — stating that data centres will always use a lot of energy
\n\n\nFatalerweis wäert en Datenzenter ëmmer immens vill Energie verbrauchen.
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Unavoidably, a data centre will always consume an enormous amount of energy.
\n\n27 February 2024 — stating the purpose of the bill as giving companies predictability
\n\n\nEt geet am Fong hei bei dësem Projet de loi drëm, nach fir sechs Méint de Betriber eng gewësse Previsibilitéit ze ginn.
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Basically this bill is about giving companies a certain predictability for another six months.
\n\n24 April 2024 — stating that the energy transition is a necessity, not an option
\n\n\nD’Energietransitioun ass keen „nice to have“, mee et ass eng absolutt Noutwendegkeet, fir dass mer och nach an deenen nächste Joren am Kader vun deene geopoliteschen a globale Krisen, déi mer hunn, eise Wuelstand hei zu Lëtzebuerg, an Europa an an der ganzer Welt kënnen erhalen.
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The energy transition is not a nice to have, it is an absolute necessity so that in the coming years, amid the geopolitical and global crises we have, we can keep our prosperity here in Luxembourg, in Europe and in the whole world.
\n\n24 April 2024 — naming the reinforcement of the 380 kV line from Germany as a priority
\n\n\nDofir d’Verstäerkung vun der 380-Kilovolt-Leitung aus Däitschland eriwwer, déi eng vun de Prioritéiten ass, fir dass mer déi Energietransitioun och reellement kënne maachen.
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That is why reinforcing the 380 kilovolt line over from Germany is one of the priorities, so that we can really carry out the energy transition.
\n\n7 May 2024 — stating how long authorisation procedures for a wind turbine take
\n\n\nWa mir haut eng Wandmille wëlle bauen, wa mir haut kucken, dass se soll gemaach ginn, da sinn et Joren a Joren u Prozeduren.
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If we want to build a wind turbine today, if we look today at getting it done, then it is years and years of procedures.
\n\n25 June 2024 — reporting that the stock which must be held on national territory rose from 8 to 10 days on 1 January
\n\n\nDo ass vum 1. Januar un deen Delai vun 8 Deeg, déi mer mussen um Territoire national hunn, op 10 Deeg schonn eropgaangen.
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There, from 1 January, the period of 8 days that we must hold on national territory has already gone up to 10 days.
\n\n22 October 2024 — explaining the purpose of the regulator's new tariff
\n\n\nHei geet et dem ILR mat där neier Tarifikatioun drëm, eis Netzer méi effizient ze notzen, dat heescht bei der Tarifikatioun, wou de Stroum, wann ee ganz vill Stroum zur nämmlechter Zäit zitt, da méi deier gëtt, fir eebe grad déi Picken do aus den Netzer erauszekréien.
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What the ILR wants with this new tariff structure is to use our grids more efficiently, that is, in the pricing, electricity becomes more expensive when you draw a great deal of it at the same time, precisely to take those peaks out of the grids.
\n\n14 November 2024 — stating that sub-metering does not insulate buildings
\n\n\nMir wësse ganz genau, dass mer mat dem Comptage divisionnaire keng Fassad wäerten isoléieren.
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We know very well that with sub-metering we will not insulate any facade.
\n\n4 December 2024 — stating that Luxembourg is one of the few countries still running an energy price cap
\n\n\nA mir sinn eent vun deenen eenzege Länner, wat iwwerhaapt nach en Energiepräisdeckel huet, fir kënne weiderzefueren.
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And we are one of the only countries that still has an energy price cap at all, so as to be able to carry on.
\n\n23 January 2025 — arguing that the national targets need agri-photovoltaics in addition to roofs
\n\n\nSouguer wa mer alleguerten d’Diech mat eranhuelen, sinn eis Ziler esou ambitiéis, dass mer trotzdeem nach Agri-PV wëllen.
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Even if we include all the roofs, our targets are so ambitious that we still want agri-PV.
\n\n13 February 2025 — stating the minister's view of the main threat to industry
\n\n\nWa mer d’Energiepräisser an der EU net an de Grëff kréien, dann hu mer muer keng Industrie méi!
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If we do not get energy prices in the EU under control, then tomorrow we will have no industry left!
\n\n13 February 2025 — naming the energy price as the main challenge for the steel industry
\n\n\nDat heescht ee vun den Haaptdefie vun der Stolindustrie zu Lëtzebuerg ass den Energiepräis.
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That means one of the main challenges for the steel industry in Luxembourg is the energy price.
\n\n20 March 2025 — describing hydrogen as one further route to help industry decarbonise
\n\n\nEt ass ee weidere Wee, fir kënnen eiser Industrie ze hëllefen, fir sech kënnen ze dekarbonéieren.
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It is one further way to help our industry decarbonise.
\n\n1 April 2025 — the energy minister pointing to European dependence on decisions taken by the OPEC countries
\n\n\nWell hei ass, ouni dass d’EU konnt matdiskutéieren, decidéiert gi vun den OPEC-Länner, wéi Der richteg gesot hutt, d’Capacitéit vun der Fërderung vum Réiueleg eropzesetzen, wat en direkten Impakt huet op alleguerten d’Präisser, déi un de fossillen Energien hannendrunhänken.
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Because here, without the EU being able to take part in the discussion, the OPEC countries decided, as you rightly said, to raise crude oil production capacity, which has a direct impact on all the prices that hang on fossil energy.
\n\n29 April 2025 — stating Luxembourg is among the top countries for grid efficiency, with the average outage figure per connection point for 2023
\n\n\nMir gesinn awer, dass mer an den Topplänner sinn, wat d’Effizienz vum Reseau ugeet, besonnesch wa mer op d’Joer 2023 zréckkucken, wou mer do en duerchschnëttlechen Ausfall pro Uschlosspunkt vun nëmmen 13,1 Minutten haten.
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But we see that we are among the top countries as regards the efficiency of the grid, especially if we look back at 2023, when we had an average outage per connection point of only 13.1 minutes.
\n\n29 April 2025 — stating that a blackout in Luxembourg cannot be ruled out
\n\n\nNatierlech kann een et net zu 100 % ausschléissen, dass esou eppes och eng Kéier zu Lëtzebuerg kéint geschéien.
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Of course you cannot rule out 100 % that something like that could happen in Luxembourg too one day.
\n\n25 June 2025 — answering that faster domestic renewables mean fewer statistical transfers to buy
\n\n\nWat mer hei zu Lëtzebuerg méi séier weiderkomme mat den erneierbaren Energien, wat mer manner statistesch Transferten iwwert dee Mechanismus hei mussen derbäikafen.
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The faster we move ahead with renewable energy here in Luxembourg, the fewer statistical transfers we have to buy through this mechanism.
\n\n10 July 2025 — stating the government's position that Luxembourg needs hydrogen
\n\n\nDéi Fro vum Waasserstoff, déi sech an der EU stellt, do ass d’Positioun vu Lëtzebuerg kloer: Mir brauche Waasserstoff!
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On the hydrogen question that arises in the EU, Luxembourg's position is clear: we need hydrogen!
\n\n10 July 2025 — reporting the Council conclusions Luxembourg supported on nuclear energy
\n\n\nDat war an de Konklusiounen, dass Atom net kann als erneierbar Energie unerkannt ginn.
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It was in the conclusions that nuclear cannot be recognised as renewable energy.
\n\n30 October 2025 — the minister stating the government’s position of massively expanding renewables for energy autonomy
\n\n\nAn dofir ass et eebe grad d’Positioun vun der Regierung, d’erneierbar Energië massiv auszebauen, fir dass mer op där enger Säit déi Autonomie zu Lëtzebuerg hunn, wou mer selwer en Afloss op eisen Energiepräis hunn, fir dass mer méi onofhängeg si vun Decisiounen, déi op anere Plaze geholl ginn.
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And that is precisely the government’s position, to expand renewable energies massively, so that on the one hand we have autonomy in Luxembourg, where we ourselves have an influence on our energy price, so that we are more independent of decisions taken elsewhere.
\n\n18 December 2025 — stating the aim that a firm does not wait a year or two for its money
\n\n\nEt geet eis awer drëm, dass de Betrib net muss ee Joer oder zwee Joer op seng Sue waarden.
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What matters to us is that the company does not have to wait one or two years for its money.
\n\n18 December 2025 — reporting the price effect the government expects from the bill
\n\n\nDat bréngt och mat sech, dass d’Energiepräisser fir 2026 par rapport dozou, wa mer guer näischt méi géife maachen, ëm 23,9 % wäerten erofgoen.
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That also means that energy prices for 2026 will fall by 23.9 % compared with doing nothing at all.
\n\n11 February 2026 — welcoming the end of the crisis measure
\n\n\nEt ass och Zäit, dass et elo eriwwer ass, well mir mussen eis hei net ëmmer erëm un déi ganz schwéier Zäite vun der Energiekris erënneren.
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It is also time that it is now over, because we do not have to keep reminding ourselves here of the very hard times of the energy crisis.
\n\n17 March 2026 — characterising the bill as technical but important for the energy transition
\n\n\nEt ass en techneschen Text, mee awer e ganz wichtegen, fir eebe grad an der Transition énergétique och kënne weiderzekommen.
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It is a technical text, but a very important one, precisely in order to make progress in the energy transition.
\n\n20 March 2024 — stating that a merger-control bill was already tabled
\n\n\nDe Contrôle de concentration ass schonn am Summer deposéiert ginn.
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The merger control bill was already tabled in the summer.
\n\n5 December 2024 — answering that visions must not obscure the reality on the ground
\n\n\nMee et däerf een net vu lauter Visiounen a Strategien d’Realitéit um Terrain verkennen.
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But you must not lose sight of the reality on the ground because of all the visions and strategies.
\n\n13 February 2025 — stating that the government will wait for the EU act
\n\n\nMee trotzdeem – an ech mengen, och do ass e breede Konsens hei – ass et kloer, dass mer elo mol waarden, bis mer deen Acte réglementaire hunn, fir eeben déi Simplification administrative ze kréien.
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But nevertheless, and I think there is a broad consensus on this too, it is clear that we will now wait until we have the regulatory act, in order to get the administrative simplification.
\n\n29 April 2025 — citing figures showing more restaurants than before the pandemic
\n\n\nMir hu säit 2019 bis haut plus 2,8 % Etablissementer an der Restauratioun. Mir hu méi Restauranten haut, wéi mer der 2019 virun der Pandemie haten.
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Since 2019 we have plus 2.8 % of establishments in the restaurant trade. We have more restaurants today than we had in 2019 before the pandemic.
\n\n15 May 2025 — calling the call for projects an important tool of the bill
\n\n\nTrotzdeem ass awer den Appel à projets e wichtegen Outil, fir kënnen där Callen ze maachen, eng Mise en concurrence, an dann och cibléiert kënnen déi Aiden ze ginn.
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Nevertheless the call for projects is an important tool, to be able to run such calls, a competitive process, and then to give the aid in a targeted way.
\n\n25 June 2025 — answering that the sector’s strength comes from 40 years of continuous build-up
\n\n\nD’Stäerkt vum Spacesecteur ass, dass et e Secteur ass, dee säit 40 Joer, säit den 80er-Joren opgebaut gëtt, ugefaange mat enger klenger Startup, der SES.
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The strength of the space sector is that it is a sector that has been built up for 40 years, since the 1980s, starting with a small startup, SES.
\n\n30 October 2025 — the minister stating how many simplification requests his ministry collected
\n\n\nMir hunn do e System Sharepoint opgestallt, fir den Echange ze hunn, wou mer 185 Remarke kruten, mat ganz konkreete Projeten, wou mer Problemer hunn, déi musse vereinfacht ginn.
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We set up a SharePoint system for the exchange, where we received 185 remarks, with very concrete projects where we have problems that must be simplified.
\n\n30 October 2025 — the minister stating that his bills introduce the rule that silence counts as approval
\n\n\nDofir hu mer an all deene Projet-de-loien, déi mer deposéiert hunn, de „silence vaut accord“ agefouert.
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That is why in all the bills we have tabled we have introduced the rule that silence counts as approval.
\n\n2 December 2025 — setting out what the minister sees as the causes of the steel sector's crisis
\n\n\nDe Problem vun der Stolbranche ass deen, dass d’Marchéen net méi onbedéngt do sinn, den Import aus der Net-EU, déi Froe ronderëm den Energiepräis, d’Dekarbonisatioun, d’Iwwerproduktiounen um Weltmarché.
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The problem of the steel sector is that the markets are no longer necessarily there, the imports from outside the EU, the questions around the energy price, decarbonisation, and overproduction on the world market.
\n\n10 February 2026 — the minister stating the crisis in the construction sector
\n\n\nEch mengen, dass mer eis ganz kloer bewosst sinn, dass et eng Kris am Bausecteur gëtt.
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I think we are very clearly aware that there is a crisis in the construction sector.
\n\n10 February 2026 — the minister stating the government's negotiating priority
\n\n\nEch kann Iech just d’Prioritéite vun der Regierung nennen. Dat sinn déi, dass et keng Delokalisatioun vun Aarbechtsplazen hei vu Lëtzebuerg, vum Siège, soll ginn.
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I can only name the government's priorities. They are that there should be no relocation of jobs away from Luxembourg, from the headquarters.
\n\n11 February 2026 — stating figures on jobs and company growth in the space sector
\n\n\nEt gesäit een, dass d’Aarbechtsplaze sech iwwert déi lescht Jore vun 2016 un am Spacesecteur hei zu Lëtzebuerg méi wéi verduebelt hunn, dass och den Ekosystem eng Croissance vun iwwer 20 % vun Entreprisen huet.
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You can see that jobs in the space sector here in Luxembourg have more than doubled since 2016, and that the ecosystem also has growth of over 20% in companies.
\n\n30 April 2026 — the minister answering the criticism by noting this is the first such financing bill
\n\n\nMa dat heiten ass déi éischt Kéier, dass iwwerhaapt emol esou e Projet de loi deposéiert gëtt.
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Well, this is the first time that such a bill has been tabled at all.
\n\n20 March 2025 — arguing that the rules must not wreck Europe's own economy to the benefit of other continents
\n\n\nMir mussen awer zur selwechter Zäit och eppes fäerdegbréngen: Dat ass, dass mer net eis eegen Ekonomie a ganz Europa zugonschte vun anere Kontinenter ronderëm eis futti maachen.
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But at the same time we must manage something else: not to wreck our own economy across Europe to the benefit of other continents around us.
\n\n20 March 2025 — stating the multiannual budget figure for the compensation mechanism
\n\n\n115 Millioune sinn am Pluriannuel virgesinn, fir de Mécanisme de compensation ze hunn.
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115 million is provided in the multiannual budget to keep the compensation mechanism.
\n\n17 March 2026 — telling the Chamber that there is no immediate supply security problem
\n\n\nSou wësse mer op den Dag vun haut, dass et net direkt e Problem vun der Versuergungssécherheet an Europa ass.
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So as of today we know that this is not directly a problem of security of supply in Europe.
\n\n24 April 2024 — saying a national action plan against poverty is being drawn up
\n\n\nFir d’Aarmut nach méi cibléiert ze bekämpfen, gëtt awer och e Plan d’action national pour la prévention et la lutte contre la pauvreté ausgeschafft.
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To fight poverty in a more targeted way, a national action plan for the prevention of and the fight against poverty is also being drawn up.
\n\n20 March 2025 — answering that the government wants to automate as many benefits as possible so people need not apply in person
\n\n\nAn dofir ass et eis als Regierung grad wichteg, esou vill wéi méiglech där Aiden automatiséiert ze maachen, fir dass ech net muss dohinner goen.
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And that is why it matters to us as a government to automate as many of those benefits as possible, so that I do not have to go there.
\n\n10 December 2024 — stating that the bill improves working and living conditions on board
\n\n\nEt geet hei wierklech drëm, de Kader vun den Aarbechtskonditiounen an de Liewenskonditiounen u Bord vun engem Schëff ze verbesseren.
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What this is really about is improving the framework of working conditions and living conditions on board a ship.
\n\n29 April 2025 — disputing the claim that Horeca wages are all at the minimum
\n\n\nHaut fannt Der kee gudde Garçon fir de Mindestloun. Dat gëtt et net!
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Today you will not find a good waiter for the minimum wage. That does not exist!
\n\n18 December 2025 — calling the LuxTrust outage unacceptable in answer to the questions on it
\n\n\nAn et ass inakzeptabel, dass LuxTrust bal 24 Stonnen offline ass.
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And it is unacceptable that LuxTrust is offline for almost 24 hours.
\n\n15 May 2025 — describing the three-pillar financing announced in the state of the nation address
\n\n\nDofir d’Iddi, esou wéi et och am État de la nation annoncéiert ginn ass, fir op deenen dräi Pilieren déi Finanzementer ze maachen.
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Hence the idea, as it was also announced in the state of the nation address, to build the financing on those three pillars.
\n\n27 February 2024 — stating the yearly amount of waste the directive avoids
\n\n\nMat där Direktiv kann een an engem Joer ronn 11.000 Tonne Knascht verhënneren!
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With this directive about 11,000 tonnes of rubbish a year can be avoided!
\n\n19 December 2024 — the minister presenting the bill as being about nature and people
\n\n\nJo, ech mengen, et ass e ganz wichtege Projet fir de Recyclage vun de Schëffer, wou et ëm d’Natur an awer och ëm d’Leit geet.
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Yes, I think it is a very important bill for the recycling of ships, where it is about nature and also about people.
\n\n30 October 2025 — the minister answering that gas and nuclear are not sustainable energies
\n\n\nAn ech wëll och hei direkt op déi éischt Fro äntweren, déi d’Madamm Welfring gestallt huet, an zwar: Si Gas an Atom nohalteg Energien? Ganz kloer: Nee.
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And I want to answer straight away the first question Mrs Welfring asked, namely: are gas and nuclear sustainable energies? Very clearly: no.
\n\n11 February 2026 — stating that French reactors were offline with corrosion problems
\n\n\nParallell dozou hate mer ganz grouss Korrosiounsproblemer a Frankräich bei Nuklearreakteren, déi net gelaf sinn.
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In parallel we had very big corrosion problems in France with nuclear reactors that were not running.
\n\n11 February 2026 — criticising the ADR for supporting the continued operation of Cattenom
\n\n\nAn ech fannen et awer speziell, dass hei d’ADR also nach eng Kéier ënnersträicht, dass se fir d’Weidererhale vu Cattenom ass.
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And I find it striking that the ADR here underlines once again that it is for keeping Cattenom running.
\n\n14 November 2024 — stating that the two texts must not be confused
\n\n\nEch mengen, dass et hei nach eng Kéier just muss kloergestallt ginn, dass mer vun zwee verschiddenen Texter schwätzen.
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I think it must be made clear here once again that we are talking about two different texts.
\n\n14 November 2024 — stating that the derogations amount to a de facto liberalisation of opening hours
\n\n\nDat heescht de facto: Duerch alleguerten déi Derogatiounen, déi mer hunn, hu mer eng Liberaliséierung vun den Ëffnungszäite vun de Geschäfter.
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That means de facto: through all the derogations that we have, we have a liberalisation of shop opening hours.
\n\n14 November 2024 — denying that the change extends working time
\n\n\nEt ass keng Aarbechtszäitverlängerung, well ech hunn Iech jo gesot: Mir hunn am Fong schonn eng Liberaliséierung vun den Ëffnungszäiten, andeem mer alleguerten déi Derogatioune ginn.
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It is not an extension of working time, because I told you: we already have a liberalisation of opening hours, in that we grant all those derogations.
\n\n18 December 2025 — defending the bill as a clearer framework for employees and for retail
\n\n\nMee ech sinn iwwerzeegt, dass mer hei méi e klore Kader hunn, méi en einfache Kader hunn, méi en ugepasstene Kader hunn, dee jiddwerengem entgéintkënnt, wou mer souwuel op där enger Säit d’Salariéë stäerken, wéi awer op där anerer Säit och de Commerce ënnerstëtzen, fir dass deen och nach an Zukunft ka funktionéieren.
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But I am convinced that we have a clearer framework here, a simpler framework, a better adapted framework that meets everyone, where on one side we strengthen the employees and on the other side we also support retail, so that it can still work in the future.
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