{"id":"ministers/luc-frieden","title":"Luc Frieden","type":"minister","portfolios":[{"portfolio":"Premier ministre","first":"2023-11-22","last":"2026-06-16","sittings":"48"}],"html":"<p>Luc Frieden served in the government as Premier ministre during the sittings recorded here.</p>\n<p>Spoke on bills: <a href=\"/lhoft?page=dossiers%2FPL8307\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"dossiers/PL8307\">PL8307</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=dossiers%2FPL8353\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"dossiers/PL8353\">PL8353</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=dossiers%2FPL8355\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"dossiers/PL8355\">PL8355</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=dossiers%2FPL8364\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"dossiers/PL8364\">PL8364</a>.</p>\n<p>Sittings spoken in: 48.</p>\n<h2>Housing and rents</h2>\n<p>23 November 2023 — defending the new housing measures against criticism by pointing at the previous government's record</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Déi Moossnamen, déi virdru geholl gi sinn, déi hunn zu enger Situatioun geféiert, déi haut net satisfaisant ass.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The measures that were taken before led to a situation that today is not satisfactory.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>\n<p>27 February 2024 — stating the government's aim of building more and faster</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Här President, d’Zil vun der Regierung ass, datt mer méi a méi séier bauen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Mr President, the government's aim is that we build more and faster.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-02-27-n012\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-02-27-n012\">Sitting of 27 February 2024</a></p>\n<p>12 June 2024 — stating the government's assessment of the housing shortage</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir mierken, datt mer net genuch Wunnengen hunn, net genuch abordabel Wunnengen an allgemeng net genuch Wunnengen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We see that we do not have enough homes, not enough affordable homes and, in general, not enough homes.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-12-n030\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-12-n030\">Sitting of 12 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>14 May 2025 — answering when the government will propose the mobilisation tax amendments</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dës probéiert, en duerchzekréien. An ech hu gëschter a menger Ried gesot, datt mer an dësem Joer déi Ännerunge géinge proposéieren, fir datt d’Chamber an de Conseil d’État kënnen doriwwer diskutéieren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>This government is trying to get it through. And I said yesterday in my speech that we would propose those changes this year, so that the Chamber and the Council of State can discuss them.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Parliament, elections and democracy</h2>\n<p>23 November 2023 — answering Marc Baum's charge of a democratic deficit</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir akzeptéieren de Walprozess. Mir akzeptéieren d’Walprozedur. Mir akzeptéieren d’Walresultat.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We accept the electoral process. We accept the electoral procedure. We accept the election result.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>\n<p>25 April 2024 — the prime minister announcing the government intends to look at electronic voting in the polling booth</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Par ailleurs wëll ech am Numm vun der Regierung nach eng Kéier soen, datt mer – an dat hu mer an de Koalitiounsverhandlunge beschwat – wëlle kucken, den elektronesche Vott an der Walkabinn anzeféieren oder ze studéieren, wéi dat kéint fonctionéieren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Moreover, I want to say once again on behalf of the government that we, and we discussed this in the coalition negotiations, want to look at introducing electronic voting in the polling booth, or at studying how that could work.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-04-25-n021\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-04-25-n021\">Sitting of 25 April 2024</a></p>\n<p>12 June 2024 — arguing for more direct debate in the Chamber</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech fannen, datt mer heibanne vill méi direkt solle mateneen diskutéieren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I think we should debate much more directly with each other in this House.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-12-n030\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-12-n030\">Sitting of 12 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>18 March 2025 — answering the debate by stating that democracy is only strong together with human rights and the rule of law</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eng Demokratie ass nëmme staark, wann een dat kombinéiert mat de Mënscherechter an dem Rechtsstaat.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>A democracy is only strong when you combine it with human rights and the rule of law.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-03-18-n070\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-03-18-n070\">Sitting of 18 March 2025</a></p>\n<p>8 July 2025 — stating on behalf of the government that it respects parliament</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Här President, ech géing gären am Numm vun der Regierung, pour autant que de besoin, soen, datt et evident ass, datt an enger parlamentarescher Demokratie d’Regierung Respekt huet virum Parlament.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Mr President, on behalf of the government, and in so far as it is needed, I would like to say that it is self-evident that in a parliamentary democracy the government respects parliament.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-07-08-n092\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-07-08-n092\">Sitting of 8 July 2025</a></p>\n<p>4 December 2025 — answering the interpellator that the government plans no referendum this term and stating where the competence lies</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>D’Regierung plangt, kee Referendum an dëser Legislaturperiod der Chamber ze proposéieren, mee ech wëll nach eng Kéier soen: Et ass och net d’Kompetenz vun der Regierung, well et steet ganz kloer am Artikel 80 vun der Verfassung, datt d’Chamber decidéiert, a wéi enge Fäll e Referendum soll stattfannen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The government plans to propose no referendum to the Chamber in this legislative period, but I want to say once more: it is also not the government's competence, because Article 80 of the Constitution states very clearly that the Chamber decides in which cases a referendum takes place.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-12-04-n114\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-12-04-n114\">Sitting of 4 December 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Taxation and tax reform</h2>\n<p>23 November 2023 — answering critics who said the single tax class will take two years to prepare</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Si waren zéng Joer an der Regierung an de Projet ass net komm!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>They were in government for ten years and the bill never came!</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>\n<p>23 November 2023 — announcing when the bill adjusting the tax scale will reach the Chamber</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech kann Iech zum Beispill soen, datt de Projet de loi iwwert d’Adaptatioun vum Steierbarème, also d’steierlech Entlaaschtung, an deenen nächsten zwou Woche wäert an d’Chamber kommen, well dat ass eppes, wat technesch méi séier geet wéi aner Saachen, déi ee vill méi am Detail muss maachen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I can tell you, for example, that the bill on the adjustment of the tax scale, that is the tax relief, will come to the Chamber in the next two weeks, because that is something that is technically quicker than other things you have to do in much more detail.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>\n<p>12 June 2024 — announcing the corporate tax rate cut for next year</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An duerfir gi mer mam Kierperschaftssteiersaz d’nächst Joer erof vu 17 op 16 %.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And that is why we are cutting the corporate tax rate from 17 to 16% next year.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-12-n030\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-12-n030\">Sitting of 12 June 2024</a></p>\n<h2>The financial centre and financial regulation</h2>\n<p>23 November 2023 — explaining why his government will not raise taxes on the fund industry</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wa mir d’Steieren op der Fongenindustrie zum Beispill géife massiv héijen, wat dës Regierung net wäert maachen, da krite mir de Wuesstum ganz séier gebremst.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>If we were to raise taxes on the fund industry massively, for example, which this government will not do, we would brake growth very quickly.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>\n<p>10 July 2025 — the Prime Minister rejecting the claim that the government protected the banks</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mee wa mer de Banken hätte wëllen hëllefen, dann hätte mer de Banken déi Suen iwwerwisen!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>But if we had wanted to help the banks, we would have transferred the money to the banks!</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-07-10-n096\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-07-10-n096\">Sitting of 10 July 2025</a></p>\n<p>18 March 2026 — answering that the Prime Minister is not asked about such bank decisions and does not sit on the bank's board</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>De Premierminister gëtt net gefrot, well en ass och net am Verwaltungsrot vun der Spuerkeess vertrueden.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The Prime Minister is not asked, because he is not represented on the board of Spuerkeess either.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-18-n133\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-18-n133\">Sitting of 18 March 2026</a></p>\n<p>18 March 2026 — stating that he would prefer all international organisations to hold accounts in Luxembourg</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Objektiv gesi wär ech natierlech frou, wann all international Organisatiounen, och déi doten, zu Lëtzebuerg Konten hätten.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Objectively I would of course be glad if all international organisations, including this one, had accounts in Luxembourg.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-18-n133\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-18-n133\">Sitting of 18 March 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Foreign affairs and world conflicts</h2>\n<p>12 February 2025 — stating the government's view of the United States as a friend rather than an opponent of Europe</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Amerika ass kee Géigner vun Europa, et ass e Frënd vun Europa.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>America is not an opponent of Europe, it is a friend of Europe.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-02-12-n066\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-02-12-n066\">Sitting of 12 February 2025</a></p>\n<p>18 March 2026 — stating when the government studied the strategy and that it does not share many of its statements</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir hunn eis déi Strategie net haut, mee schonn am November ugekuckt, an et ass ganz kloer, datt do vill Sätz drastinn, déi mir net kënnen deelen an déi mir och net esou geschriwwen hätten.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We looked at this strategy not today but back in November, and it is quite clear that it contains many sentences that we cannot share and that we would not have written that way.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-18-n133\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-18-n133\">Sitting of 18 March 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Climate policy</h2>\n<p>12 February 2025 — stating that the government does not question the Paris climate agreement after the US withdrawal</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech wëll ganz kloer soen, datt fir d’Lëtzebuerger Regierung kloer ass, datt de Klimaaccord vu Paräis net a Fro gestallt gëtt vun eis, well een – sécherlech e wichtegen Acteur – dorauser austrëtt.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I want to say very clearly that for the Luxembourg government the Paris climate agreement is not put in question by us because one party, certainly an important actor, is leaving it.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-02-12-n066\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-02-12-n066\">Sitting of 12 February 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Defence and security</h2>\n<p>2 July 2024 — stating that the decision on the French nuclear shield belongs to France alone</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Et ass u Frankräich als souveräne Staat ze decidéieren, ob et säin Nuklearschëld och anere Länner zur Verfügung stellt.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>It is for France as a sovereign state to decide whether it makes its nuclear shield available to other countries as well.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-07-02-n035\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-07-02-n035\">Sitting of 2 July 2024</a></p>\n<p>2 July 2024 — confirming the government will raise defence spending to 2 % by 2030</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An duerfir wäerte mer och eisen Effort de défense, wéi mer annoncéiert hunn, op 2 % vum Revenu national brut bis 2030 erhéijen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And that is why we will also raise our defence effort, as we announced, to 2 % of gross national income by 2030.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-07-02-n035\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-07-02-n035\">Sitting of 2 July 2024</a></p>\n<p>12 February 2025 — stating that NATO remains the key element of European security for the government</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Fir d’Lëtzebuerger Regierung bleift d’NATO d’Schlësselelement vun der Sécherheet an Europa, opgrond vun der Erfarung vun de leschte 75 Joer.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>For the Luxembourg government NATO remains the key element of security in Europe, on the basis of the experience of the last 75 years.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-02-12-n066\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-02-12-n066\">Sitting of 12 February 2025</a></p>\n<p>4 March 2025 — announcing a fundamental reorientation of Luxembourg's security spending over ten years</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir wäerten net derlaanschtkommen, eng Reorientatioun, eng fundamental Reorientatioun, vun eise Sécherheetsausgaben iwwert déi nächst zéng Joer ze maachen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We will not get around making a reorientation, a fundamental reorientation, of our security spending over the next ten years.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-03-04-n069\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-03-04-n069\">Sitting of 4 March 2025</a></p>\n<p>14 May 2025 — confirming when the government will spend 2% of gross national income on defence</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir wäerten déi 2 % RNB ausginn ab Enn des Joers an natierlech dann all déi Joren duerno.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We will spend the 2% of gross national income from the end of this year and of course in all the years after that.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<p>18 March 2026 — stating that Europe must stand more on its own feet while seeing the transatlantic relationship as evolving</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Duerfir muss een déi transatlantesch Relatioun natierlech an hirer Evolutioun gesinn. An et ass fir eis kloer, datt mir eis musse méi op eis eege Féiss setzen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>So one must of course see the transatlantic relationship as evolving. And it is clear to us that we must stand more on our own feet.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-18-n133\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-18-n133\">Sitting of 18 March 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Digital policy and artificial intelligence</h2>\n<p>28 April 2026 — describing resilience as a collective effort of the state and the communes</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Déi muss vu ganz villen ëmgesat ginn, well Resilienz ass eigentlech eppes, wat en Effort collectif ass vum Staat, vun de Gemengen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>It has to be implemented by very many actors, because resilience is really something that is a collective effort of the state and of the communes.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-04-28-n136\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-04-28-n136\">Sitting of 28 April 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Energy supply and energy prices</h2>\n<p>12 June 2024 — stating the Statec figure for the inflation impact of the phasing-out</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Op déi éischt, dat ass déi vun dem Impakt vun dem Phasing-out vum Energiepräisdeckel op d’Inflatioun: Deen ass de Berechnunge vum Statec no 1,2 % plus.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>On the first one, the impact of the phasing-out of the energy price cap on inflation: according to Statec's calculations it is plus 1.2%.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-12-n030\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-12-n030\">Sitting of 12 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>13 June 2024 — stating the inflation effect of the energy measures</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech hat Iech gëschter Owend effektiv op Är Fro geäntwert, datt den Effet vum Präis vun den Energiemoossnamen eng Inzidenz vu plus 1,2 % op d’Inflatioun hätt.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I did answer your question yesterday evening, that the effect of the price of the energy measures would have an incidence of plus 1.2% on inflation.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-13-n031\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-13-n031\">Sitting of 13 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>13 June 2024 — justifying the phase-out on the grounds that the crisis is over</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir sinn eebe justement hei net méi an enger Kris, dofir maache mer jo och dee sougenannte Phasing-out, well d’Präisser vun der Energie elo erëm gefall sinn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We are precisely no longer in a crisis here, which is why we are doing the so-called phasing-out, because energy prices have now fallen again.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-13-n031\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-13-n031\">Sitting of 13 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>9 June 2026 — announcing time-limited price aid on all energy sources</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eng vun den zentralen Decisiounen ass eng zäitbegrenzten Energiepräishëllef op allen Energiesourcen: beim Stroum, Bensinn, Diesel, Masutt a Gas.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>One of the central decisions is time-limited energy price aid on all energy sources: electricity, petrol, diesel, heating oil and gas.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-06-09-n145\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-06-09-n145\">Sitting of 9 June 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Pensions</h2>\n<p>14 May 2025 — citing an OECD table on Luxembourg's age of entry into retirement</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dee seet ganz kloer, datt Lëtzebuerg vun alle Memberstaate vun der OCDE – dat ass d’ganz Europäesch Unioun plus eng Rei aner Länner – bei Wäitem deen niddregsten Antrëttsalter an d’Pensioun huet, an dee läit bei ronderëm 60 Joer.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>It says very clearly that of all OECD member states – that is the whole European Union plus a number of other countries – Luxembourg has by far the lowest age of entry into retirement, and it lies at around 60.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<p>10 July 2025 — stating that the pension talks are difficult but will continue</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>D’Pensiounsreforme sinn an alle Länner an Europa schwiereg Gespréicher, mee mir féiere se a mir hoffen, datt mer do och an deenen nächsten Deeg a Wochen e Fortschrëtt kënne maachen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Pension reforms are difficult talks in every country in Europe, but we are holding them and we hope that we can make progress there in the coming days and weeks too.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-07-10-n095\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-07-10-n095\">Sitting of 10 July 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Economy, jobs and competitiveness</h2>\n<p>12 June 2024 — arguing that healthy companies are needed for wages and investment</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Well ouni Betriber, deenen et gutt geet, kënne se weeder uerdentlech Salairë bezuelen nach kënne se och duerno déi Investissementer maachen, déi mer brauchen, fir innovativ ze sinn an och fir déi Transitioun hinzekréien.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Because without companies that are doing well, they can neither pay proper salaries nor make the investments we need to be innovative and to achieve the transition.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-12-n030\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-12-n030\">Sitting of 12 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>11 February 2026 — committing the government to support SES as a shareholder</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An ech wëll direkt am Ufank soen, datt Lëtzebuerg déi Gesellschaft voll a ganz ënnerstëtzt, hannert där Gesellschaft an hirer Strategie steet, als Aktionär, mee och als Land, wou mer wëssen, datt d’SES iwwert déi lescht Joren a Joerzéngte Lëtzebuerg och eng Plaz op der Weltkaart verschaf huet.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And I want to say right at the start that Luxembourg fully supports this company and stands behind it and its strategy, as a shareholder but also as a country, where we know that SES has given Luxembourg a place on the world map over the last years and decades.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-02-11-n126\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-02-11-n126\">Sitting of 11 February 2026</a></p>\n<p>11 February 2026 — stating a figure on German spending on space and defence</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wa meng Informatioune richteg sinn, gëtt Däitschland elo aleng 35 Milliarden Euro aus fir Space and Defence.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>If my information is correct, Germany alone is now spending 35 billion euros on space and defence.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-02-11-n126\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-02-11-n126\">Sitting of 11 February 2026</a></p>\n<p>28 April 2026 — announcing the calendar of the tripartite preparation with the social partners</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir wäerten d’Sozialpartner d’nächst Woch, de 6. Mee, eenzel gesinn, fir och hiren eenzelen Iwwerleeungen zu där Kris nozelauschteren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We will see the social partners individually next week, on 6 May, to listen to their own thinking about this crisis.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-04-28-n136\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-04-28-n136\">Sitting of 28 April 2026</a></p>\n<p>16 June 2026 — stating his own view of the link between economy and state</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An duerfir mengen ech, datt grad zu Lëtzebuerg eng staark Ekonomie och Hand an Hand geet mat engem staarke Staat.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And that is why I think that, in Luxembourg in particular, a strong economy goes hand in hand with a strong state.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-06-16-n146\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-06-16-n146\">Sitting of 16 June 2026</a></p>\n<h2>The European Union and trade</h2>\n<p>28 February 2024 — stating that the government will not approve a text it does not yet know and that still raises many questions</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mee mir stëmmen net zou zu engem Text, dee mer a) nach net kennen an dee b) nach ganz vill Froen opwerft.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>But we will not approve a text that we a) do not yet know and that b) still raises a great many questions.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-02-28-n013\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-02-28-n013\">Sitting of 28 February 2024</a></p>\n<p>3 December 2024 — giving the government's view that the motion comes too early</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Duerfir géif ech ofschléissend, Här President, soen, datt ech der Meenung sinn, aus der Siicht vun der Regierung, datt déi Motioun vun der Madamm Tanson verfréit ass, well mer den Text jo nach net kennen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>So I would say in conclusion, Mr President, that in the government's view Mrs Tanson's motion is premature, because we do not yet know the text.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-12-03-n048\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-12-03-n048\">Sitting of 3 December 2024</a></p>\n<p>10 December 2024 — arguing that internal border controls are no answer to illegal immigration</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Déi Grenzkontrolle bannen an Europa, déi si keng Äntwert op eng illegal Immigratioun, well d’illegal Immigratioun, déi bekämpft een, andeem een uerdentlech Kontrollen op de Baussegrenzen huet.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Border controls inside Europe are no answer to illegal immigration, because you fight illegal immigration by having proper controls at the external borders.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-12-10-n051\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-12-10-n051\">Sitting of 10 December 2024</a></p>\n<p>10 December 2024 — rejecting an action before the European Court of Justice</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech mengen net, datt e Recours beim Europäesche Geriichtshaff déi richteg Äntwert ass.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I do not think that an action before the European Court of Justice is the right answer.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-12-10-n051\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-12-10-n051\">Sitting of 10 December 2024</a></p>\n<p>12 February 2025 — stating that Europe agrees the Commission must react with similar measures if tariffs come</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An do si mer eis relativ eeneg an Europa, datt, wann Tariffer kommen, dann d’Europäesch Kommissioun, an där hirer Kompetenz d’Handelspolitick läit, och mat änleche Moossname muss reagéieren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And on that we are fairly united in Europe: if tariffs come, then the European Commission, which holds the competence for trade policy, must react with similar measures.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-02-12-n066\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-02-12-n066\">Sitting of 12 February 2025</a></p>\n<p>14 May 2025 — answering that the decision on splitting the agreement is not the Luxembourg government's</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Déi Decisioun, ob deen Accord herno gespléckt gëtt oder net, déi läit net an den Hänn vun der Lëtzebuerger Regierung.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The decision on whether that agreement is later split or not does not lie in the hands of the Luxembourg government.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Wages, minimum wage and purchasing power</h2>\n<p>20 May 2026 — stating the government's social policy line</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir brauchen eng staark Sozialpolitick. Mir mussen offiederen a geziilt deenen hëllefen, déi et am meeschte brauchen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We need a strong social policy. We must cushion the impact and help, in a targeted way, those who need it most.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-05-20-n143\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-05-20-n143\">Sitting of 20 May 2026</a></p>\n<p>9 June 2026 — presenting the new tax credit as compensation for a further index tranche</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dësen neie Steierkreditt kompenséiert eng weider Indextranche, wat grad an Zäite vun héijer Inflatioun wichteg fir d’Leit ass.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>This new tax credit compensates a further index tranche, which matters for people precisely in times of high inflation.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-06-09-n145\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-06-09-n145\">Sitting of 9 June 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Poverty and social benefits</h2>\n<p>12 June 2024 — stating a child poverty problem despite past efforts</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir gesinn, datt mir trotz sécherlech gudden Efforten, déi gemaach gi sinn, e Problem vu Kanneraarmut hunn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We see that, despite efforts that were certainly good, we have a child poverty problem.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-12-n030\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-12-n030\">Sitting of 12 June 2024</a></p>\n<h2>Labour law and social dialogue</h2>\n<p>14 May 2025 — stating the government's position on the unions' exclusive bargaining right</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech kann Iech nëmme soen, datt mir à d’itératives reprises gesot hunn, datt d’Regierung net d’Exklusivrecht vun de Gewerkschafte bei Kollektivverträg ännert.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I can only tell you that we have said repeatedly that the government is not changing the unions' exclusive right on collective agreements.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<p>10 July 2025 — announcing the government will not bring a bill amending collective-agreement law</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An duerfir huet d’Regierung eesäiteg annoncéiert, datt se, fir dee Sozialdialog iwwerhaapt ze erméiglechen, der Meenung ass, datt et kee Sënn géif maachen, e Gesetzesprojet an dës Chamber anzebréngen, deen d’Kollektivvertragswiese géif ofänneren.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And that is why the government announced unilaterally that, in order to make the social dialogue possible at all, it takes the view that it would make no sense to bring a bill into this Chamber that would amend the collective-agreement system.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-07-10-n095\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-07-10-n095\">Sitting of 10 July 2025</a></p>\n<h2>The Middle East, Gaza and Palestine</h2>\n<p>14 May 2025 — stating the government's position on Gaza and where it has been expressed</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir sinn extreem besuergt iwwert déi Situatioun an der Gazasträif. An dat hu mer och op verschiddenen europäesche Plaze ganz kloer gemaach iwwert den Ausseminister an och am Europäesche Conseil.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We are extremely concerned about that situation in the Gaza Strip. And we have made that very clear in various European places through the Foreign Minister and also in the European Council.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<p>10 June 2025 — stating the government's position on the two-state solution</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eng Zweestaateléisung bleift fir d’Lëtzebuerger Regierung déi eenzeg realistesch an nohalteg Optioun, fir Fridden a Sécherheet an der Regioun ze erreechen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>For the Luxembourg government, a two-state solution remains the only realistic and lasting option to reach peace and security in the region.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-06-10-n086\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-06-10-n086\">Sitting of 10 June 2025</a></p>\n<p>3 March 2026 — stating the government's position that only Iranians should decide their country's future</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mee d’Zukunft vum Iran soll net zu Washington, net zu Jerusalem, net zu Bréissel an och net zu Lëtzebuerg decidéiert ginn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>But the future of Iran should not be decided in Washington, nor in Jerusalem, nor in Brussels, and not in Luxembourg either.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-03-n128\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-03-n128\">Sitting of 3 March 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Ukraine and Russia</h2>\n<p>27 February 2024 — stating the figure for Luxembourg's military aid to Ukraine over two years</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir hunn an deene leschten zwee Joer ronn 190 Milliounen u militärescher Hëllef ginn. Dat si 16 % vum Budget vun der Defense.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>In the last two years we have given about 190 million in military aid. That is 16 % of the defence budget.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-02-27-n012\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-02-27-n012\">Sitting of 27 February 2024</a></p>\n<p>4 March 2025 — stating that Luxembourg will keep supporting Ukraine with its limited means</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Lëtzebuerg wäert duerfir weider op der Säit vun der Ukrain stoen a wäert – mat senge bescheidene Mëttelen – déi Ënnerstëtzung ginn, déi d’Ukrain brauch.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Luxembourg will therefore continue to stand on Ukraine's side and will give, with its modest means, the support that Ukraine needs.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-03-04-n069\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-03-04-n069\">Sitting of 4 March 2025</a></p>\n<h2>State budget and public finances</h2>\n<p>14 October 2025 — stating the amount of the broadcasting contract signed by the State</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dat ass e Kontrakt, dee ronn 3 Milliounen Euro kascht huet, fir datt een déi Biller kann zu Lëtzebuerg, mee och am Ausland kucken.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>That is a contract which cost about 3 million euros, so that the pictures could be watched in Luxembourg and also abroad.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-10-14-n098\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-10-14-n098\">Sitting of 14 October 2025</a></p>\n<p>20 May 2026 — stating the government's fiscal line</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mee d’Richtung ass kloer: Mir wëllen a mir brauche gesond Staatsfinanzen. Well dës Regierung wëllt net d’Steieren erhéijen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>But the direction is clear: we want and we need sound public finances. Because this government does not want to raise taxes.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-05-20-n143\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-05-20-n143\">Sitting of 20 May 2026</a></p>\n<h2>The Luxembourgish language and integration</h2>\n<p>22 October 2024 — arguing that affection for the language should be kept apart from its practical use in Europe</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An duerfir, mengen ech, solle mer déi Fro hei, déi intern Dimensioun an eis Léift zur Sprooch, net vermësche mat der Effikassitéit vun der Lëtzebuerger Sprooch op internationalem europäeschem Plang.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And that is why I think we should not mix this question here, the internal dimension and our love of the language, with the effectiveness of the Luxembourgish language at international and European level.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-10-22-n042\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-10-22-n042\">Sitting of 22 October 2024</a></p>\n<h2>Gender equality and women’s rights</h2>\n<p>13 June 2024 — accepting to change the wording of the next invitation</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An insofern dat respektéiert ass, kann ee sech all aner Formule virstellen. An ech wäert dat bei der nächster Invitatioun da berücksichtegen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>As long as that is respected, any other formula is conceivable. And I will take that into account for the next invitation.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-06-13-n031\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-06-13-n031\">Sitting of 13 June 2024</a></p>\n<p>3 March 2026 — giving the government's position at the end of the debate</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>D’Regierung, wéi gesot, steet där Verfassungsreform hei positiv géintiwwer, och wa si sech selbstverständlech aus institutionelle Grënn net u Verfassungsreforme ka bedeelegen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The government, as I said, views this constitutional reform positively, even though for institutional reasons it cannot of course take part in constitutional reforms.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-03-n128\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-03-n128\">Sitting of 3 March 2026</a></p>\n<h2>The Caritas fraud and state funding of NGOs</h2>\n<p>10 October 2024 — telling the Chamber the government will review governance rules once the facts are established</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech mengen awer, datt mer natierlech, wa mer bis genee wëssen, wat an der Caritas geschitt ass, d’Gouvernancereegele mussen iwwerkucken.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>But I do think that, of course, once we know exactly what happened at Caritas, we must review the governance rules.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-10-10-n041\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-10-10-n041\">Sitting of 10 October 2024</a></p>\n<p>10 July 2025 — the Prime Minister stating his pride in the result the government achieved</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An ech muss haut soen: Ech sinn net wéineg stolz op dat Resultat, dat mer als Regierung erreecht hunn!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>And I must say today: I am not a little proud of the result we achieved as a government!</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-07-10-n096\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-07-10-n096\">Sitting of 10 July 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Nuclear energy</h2>\n<p>7 May 2024 — setting out the government's common position on nuclear energy</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hei ass eng gemeinsam Vue vun der Regierung, datt mir zu Lëtzebuerg keen Atomkraaftwierk bauen, datt mir eis fir erneierbar Energien asetzen, datt mir selbstverständlech wéinst potenzielle Sécherheetsrisike gären hätten, datt déi al Atomzentralen an den Nopeschlänner zougemaach ginn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Here there is a common view of the government that we build no nuclear power plant in Luxembourg, that we work for renewable energies, and that because of potential safety risks we of course want the old nuclear plants in the neighbouring countries closed.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2024-05-07-n024\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2024-05-07-n024\">Sitting of 7 May 2024</a></p>\n<h2>Shop opening hours and Sunday work</h2>\n<p>14 May 2025 — answering that dialogue did take place on the opening-hours text although the unions reject the result</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech wëll awer soen, datt grad och an deem Text, dee si zitéiert huet, nämlech dee vun der Regierung, vum Wirtschaftsminister iwwert d’Ëffnungszäite vun de Geschäfter, de Wirtschaftsminister deen Dialog geféiert huet, d’Gewerkschaften awer mam Resultat net d’accord sinn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>But I want to say that precisely in that text she quoted, the government's text from the Minister of the Economy on shop opening hours, the Minister of the Economy did conduct that dialogue, but the unions do not agree with the result.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-05-14-n083\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-05-14-n083\">Sitting of 14 May 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Media and the press</h2>\n<p>23 November 2023 — rejecting the motion on access to administrative documents on behalf of the government</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dofir kann ech och direkt soen, datt ech déi Motioun, déi do erabruecht ginn ass, am Numm vun der Regierung net wëll unhuelen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>So I can also say straight away that, on behalf of the government, I do not want to accept the motion that was tabled there.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>\n<p>23 November 2023 — accepting Sam Tanson's proposal to discuss the file in committee instead</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech si bereet, wann ech dat bis alles gelies hunn, datt ech dann an déi zoustänneg Kommissioun mat der Madamm Margue kommen.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I am ready, once I have read all of it, to come to the competent committee with Ms Margue.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2023-11-23-n005\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2023-11-23-n005\">Sitting of 23 November 2023</a></p>"}