Martine Hansen served in the government and held the portfolios of Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et de la Viticulture, of Protection des consommateurs and of Sports during the sittings recorded here.
\nSpoke on bills: PL7650, PL8156, PL8194, PL8300, PL8411, PL8468, PL8631, PL8648.
\nSittings spoken in: 25.
\n20 March 2025 — stating that food in the country is safe because of the controls carried out
\n\n\nEis Liewensmëttel si sécher. Dat gëtt garantéiert duerch déi vill Kontrollen, déi mer maachen.
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Our food is safe. That is guaranteed by the many controls we carry out.
\n\n23 January 2025 — setting the condition that projects keep real farming activity
\n\n\nWéi gesot: Fir eis ass et extreem wichteg, datt et eng richteg Agrivoltaik ass an net eng, wou den „Agri“ ganz kleng geschriwwen ass.
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As I said: for us it is extremely important that this is real agrivoltaics and not one where the 'agri' is written very small.
\n\n30 October 2025 — the minister welcoming the new procedural mechanisms for protecting collective consumer interests
\n\n\nEt ass extreem wichteg, datt mer elo déi prozedural Mechanismen hunn, déi dozou déngen, fir u sech déi kollektiv Interesse vun de Konsumenten ze schützen.
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It is extremely important that we now have the procedural mechanisms that serve to protect the collective interests of consumers.
\n\n20 March 2025 — welcoming the EU commissioner's vision for covering import standards and animal welfare
\n\n\nMir sinn och ganz frou, datt an der Visioun vum Christophe Hansen dat doten och elo drasteet an eeben och d’Déierestandarden, d’Déierewuel.
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We are also very glad that this is now in Christophe Hansen's vision, and the animal standards, animal welfare, too.
\n\n21 May 2026 — announcing that the bill transposing the right-to-repair directive will be tabled shortly
\n\n\nAn och do sinn ech frou, Iech kënnen ze soen, datt mer deemnächst wäerten de Projet de loi zur Ëmsetzung vun der Right-to-repair-Direktiv wäerten deposéieren.
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And there too I am glad to be able to tell you that we will shortly table the bill transposing the right-to-repair directive.
\n\n1 February 2024 — answering that without EU legislation such products will arrive from third countries uncontrolled
\n\n\nWa mer net legiferéieren, da riskéiere mer, wierklech vill Produkter aus Drëttstaaten ze kréien, wou mer keng Kontroll hunn.
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If we do not legislate, we risk really getting many products from third countries over which we have no control.
\n\n21 November 2024 — justifying the decoupling of certain premiums from the active farmer status
\n\n\nWa mer déi Ännerungen net gemaach hätte beim aktive Bauer, dat heescht, datt mer verschidde Primmen, awer och nëmme verschiddener, net alleguer, nëmme verschiddener, entkoppelt hu vun der Definitioun vum aktive Bauer, hätte mer soss riskéiert, datt mer nach vill méi Fläche Wéngerte broochleien hätten.
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If we had not made these changes to the active farmer status, that is, decoupled certain premiums, but only certain ones, not all, from the definition of the active farmer, we would have risked far more vineyard area lying fallow.
\n\n4 December 2024 — defending keeping a random share of farm inspections alongside risk-based ones
\n\n\nWell wa mer just à risque maachen, dann, fannen ech, fänkt et op eemol un, awer relativ subjektiv ze ginn.
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Because if we only work on risk, then, I find, it suddenly starts to become rather subjective.
\n\n4 March 2025 — stating the number of projects approved so far under the programme
\n\n\nMir hunn am Moment 23 Projeten, déi accordéiert gi si fir 20 verschidde Gemengen.
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At the moment we have 23 projects that have been granted to 20 different municipalities.
\n\n4 March 2025 — stating the aim of the village development programme
\n\n\nD’Zil vum Programm vun der Duerfentwécklung ass et wierklech, déi ländlech Gemenge bei hire Projeten ze ënnerstëtzen.
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The aim of the village development programme is really to support the rural municipalities with their projects.
\n\n20 March 2025 — stating figures on farm succession
\n\n\n30 % vun de Betriber soen, si hätten u sech eng Nofolleg, mee méi wéi een Drëttel vun deenen iwwer 55 Joer seet, si hätte keng Nofolleg, wat natierlech schonn dramatesch ass.
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30% of the holdings say they do have a successor, but more than a third of those over 55 say they have no successor, which is of course dramatic.
\n\n15 May 2025 — answering the criticism about missing location rules for greenhouses
\n\n\nMir hunn d’Decisioun geholl, datt mer den Entrepreneurship lafe loossen an datt mer et net wëllen agrenzen.
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We took the decision to let entrepreneurship run and not to restrict it.
\n\n21 January 2026 — the agriculture minister confirming that the reference value could not be paid for several premiums
\n\n\nJo, leider hu mer dëst Joer bei verschiddene Primmen net kënnen de Referenzwäert ausbezuelen, sou wéi en am Règlement grand-ducal steet.
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Yes, unfortunately this year we could not pay out the reference value for several premiums as it stands in the grand-ducal regulation.
\n\n21 January 2026 — the agriculture minister stating the average shortfall per farm for the coupled vegetable premium
\n\n\nBei der gekoppelter Geméisprimm sinn d’Abousse pro Betrib 2025 an der Moyenne ëm 420 Euro.
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For the coupled vegetable premium the shortfall per farm in 2025 is on average about 420 euros.
\n\n10 February 2026 — the minister describing the animal disease situation around Luxembourg
\n\n\nRonderëm 100 Kilomeeter am Ëmkrees hu mer also Krankheeten, déi riskéieren, awer iergendwann eng Kéier bei eis eriwwerzesprangen.
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So within a radius of about 100 kilometres we have diseases that risk jumping over to us at some point.
\n\n11 February 2026 — answering that her services are ready to make an additional list
\n\n\nMee meng Servicer hu gesot, si wären awer och bereet, eng aner Lëscht dann nach ze maachen.
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But my services said they would also be ready to make another list.
\n\n5 March 2026 — answering that work is under way on more border controls and Commission audits
\n\n\nEt gëtt Bestriewungen, méi Kontrollen op de Grenzen ze maachen an do och Audite vun der Kommissioun ze maachen, fir ze kucken, datt an deene Länner, wou grouss Importer erakommen, déi Kontrollen och gemaach ginn.
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There are efforts to carry out more controls at the borders and to have audits by the Commission there, to make sure that in the countries from which large imports come the controls are also carried out.
\n\n18 March 2026 — stating the cause of the shortage as an IT problem, not a production one
\n\n\nDe Problem ass kee Problem vu Produktioun, déi net funktionéiert, mee de Problem ass en informatesche Problem, wéi mer et leider dacks hunn.
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The problem is not a problem of production that does not work, but the problem is an IT problem, as we unfortunately often have.
\n\n18 March 2026 — stating that no farm in urgent need has been left without an ear tag
\n\n\nWat ech ka soen, dat ass, datt nach kee Betrib, deen elo onbedéngt eng Ouermark gebraucht hätt, keng kritt huet.
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What I can say is that no farm which really needed an ear tag has so far gone without one.
\n\n18 March 2026 — answering that the national safeguarding contact point is part of the overall approach
\n\n\nD’Schafung vun der nationaler Safeguarding-Ulafstell ass hei e wichtegen Deel vum Gesamtusaz.
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The creation of the national safeguarding contact point is an important part of the overall approach here.
\n\n18 March 2026 — giving the expected date for turning the ALAD into the ALIS
\n\n\nDo waarde mer elo op en Arrêté grand-ducal an da gëtt aus der ALAD d’ALIS. An ech denken, datt dat Ufank Abrëll wäert de Fall sinn.
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There we are now waiting for a grand-ducal decree, and then the ALAD becomes the ALIS. And I think that will be the case at the beginning of April.
\n\n30 April 2026 — answering with a school analogy that a top performer is not automatically a good coach
\n\n\nE gudde Schüler ass net onbedéngt e gudden Enseignant.
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A good pupil is not necessarily a good teacher.
\n\n30 April 2026 — announcing a consultation before or during the summer to introduce recognition of prior experience
\n\n\nMir wäerten do virum Summer oder am Summer d’Consultatioun starten, fir eeben op där enger Säit dann déi Validation des acquis de l’expérience – dat, wat Der gefrot hutt – wierklech ëmzesetzen.
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We will start the consultation before or during the summer, so as to really put in place the validation of acquired experience that you asked for.
\n\n30 April 2026 — confirming government support for a simplified route to a coaching licence
\n\n\nDofir nach eng Kéier: Jo fir e vereinfachten Zougang.
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So once again: yes to simplified access.
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