Yuriko Backes served in the government and held the portfolios of Mobilité et des Travaux publics, of Défense and of Égalité des genres et de la Diversité during the sittings recorded here.
\nSpoke on bills: PL8068, PL8139, PL8200, PL8224, PL8242, PL8251, PL8262, PL8263, PL8264, PL8283, PL8322, PL8323, PL8332, PL8389, PL8441, PL8442, PL8448, PL8450, PL8467, PL8485, PL8494, PL8517, PL8539, PL8558, PL8559, PL8594, PL8604, PL8607, PL8632, PL8637, PL8668, PL8678.
\nSittings spoken in: 28.
\n20 March 2024 — linking school building to population growth
\n\n\nMir hunn e grousse Bevëlkerungswuesstem zu Lëtzebuerg an do mussen d’ëffentlech Strukturen och mathalen, an zu deene gehéieren natierlech och eis Schoulen.
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We have strong population growth in Luxembourg and public structures have to keep up with it, and our schools are of course among them.
\n\n21 January 2025 — the public works minister stating the government’s aim for school buildings
\n\n\nMir wëlle weider modern Schoulgebaier hunn. Mir wëllen deene Jonken en optimaalt Ëmfeld fir hir Entwécklung an d’Erzéiung bidden.
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We want to keep having modern school buildings. We want to offer young people an optimal environment for their development and education.
\n\n20 November 2025 — answering that her building administration stays responsible for public buildings, including schools
\n\n\nEch mengen, et ass ganz kloer, dass d’Bâtiments publics, fir op d’Fro ze äntweren, d’Verwaltung bleift, déi fir ëffentlech Gebaier zoustänneg ass, ob dat schoulesch Infrastrukture sinn oder aner ëffentlech Infrastrukturen.
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I think it is quite clear, to answer the question, that the Bâtiments publics remains the administration responsible for public buildings, whether those are school buildings or other public infrastructure.
\n\n3 December 2025 — listing the school financing bills the government has brought forward
\n\n\nMir hunn an deene leschte Wochen a Méint Finanzéierungsgesetzer fir de Clierfer an den Ettelbrécker Lycée op de Wee ginn.
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In the last weeks and months we have set the financing laws for the Clervaux and Ettelbruck secondary schools on their way.
\n\n3 December 2025 — stating the combined cost of four school projects
\n\n\nAleng déi véier Projeten, do si mer scho bei méi wéi 800 Milliounen Euro.
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Those four projects alone already come to more than 800 million euros.
\n\n15 May 2024 — placing the investment within the government's defence spending effort
\n\n\nEch mengen, et ass och en Deel vun eisem Effort de défense a Richtung 2 %.
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I think it is also part of our defence effort towards 2%.
\n\n16 May 2024 — the minister calling the project an important investment in modernising infrastructure
\n\n\nNach eng Kéier: Et ass e wichtegen Invest an d’Moderniséierung vun eisen Infrastrukturen a fir eis Arméi.
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Once again: this is an important investment in the modernisation of our infrastructure and for our army.
\n\n14 November 2024 — answering the objection that the battalion costs national sovereignty
\n\n\nMam Batailloun – an, ech mengen, dat ass och an der Chamber schonn e puermol diskutéiert ginn – bleift eis Souveränitéit erhalen.
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With the battalion - and I think this has already been discussed several times in the Chamber - our sovereignty is preserved.
\n\n22 January 2025 — answering the debate on behalf of the government
\n\n\nD’Wehrpflicht – dat ass jo de Sujet vum Debat vun haut – ass fir mech hei keng Léisung fir Lëtzebuerg.
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Conscription, which is the subject of today's debate, is not a solution for Luxembourg in my view.
\n\n15 May 2025 — stating a fact about Luxembourg's defence industry
\n\n\nMir wëssen, dass mer zu Lëtzebuerg keng etabléiert Defenseindustrie hunn, déi fäerdeg militäresch Ausrüstung produzéiert.
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We know that in Luxembourg we have no established defence industry that produces finished military equipment.
\n\n9 July 2025 — denying that the government is entering an arms spiral and stating what guides its ambition
\n\n\nDir Dammen an Dir Hären Deputéiert, nee, et geet net drëms, blann an eng Rüstungsspiral ze falen. Dat maache mer net. Eis Ambitioun muss ëmmer un de Menacen, de Menacë vun haut a vu muer, orientéiert sinn.
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Ladies and gentlemen deputies, no, this is not about falling blindly into an arms spiral. We are not doing that. Our ambition must always be oriented to the threats, the threats of today and of tomorrow.
\n\n30 October 2025 — stating that the binational battalion belongs to the old NATO targets
\n\n\nDe Bataillon binational ass en Deel vun den alen, net vun den neien NATO-Ziler.
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The binational battalion is part of the old NATO targets, not of the new ones.
\n\n21 January 2026 — the defence minister rejecting the framing of the project as part of a 5 % spending target
\n\n\nDëse Projet situéiert sech elo net wierklech am Kontext vu „Mir missen op 5 % kommen“, wéi hei och ugeklongen ass.
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This project is not really situated in the context of \"we have to get to 5 %\", as was suggested here.
\n\n5 March 2026 — stating the indemnity figure for officers for one week of training activity
\n\n\nFir eng Woch Trainingsaktivitéit si fir d’Offizéieschen an d’Offizéier 1.855 Euro Indemnitéit virgesinn.
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For one week of training activity, an indemnity of 1,855 euros is provided for female and male officers.
\n\n1 February 2024 — committing to table further tram extension bills during this legislature
\n\n\nAn ech kann Iech och soen, dass et absolutt mäin Zil ass, dës Legislaturperiod och weider Gesetzesprojete fir d’Trams-Extensioun ze deposéieren.
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And I can also tell you that it is absolutely my aim to table further bills for the tram extension during this legislature.
\n\n25 April 2024 — the minister confirming that the national mobility plan underpins the listed projects
\n\n\nD’Basis fir ganz vill vun deene Projeten, déi an dëser Motioun stinn, ass hei de PNM35, dat ass ganz richteg.
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The basis for very many of the projects in this motion is the PNM35, that is quite right.
\n\n15 May 2024 — stating what the 2021 financing law does not cover
\n\n\nAlso, d’Finanzéierungsgesetz vum 6. August 2021 dréit engem Ausbau vun der N7 op véier Spueren, zweemol zwou, net Rechnung.
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So the financing law of 6 August 2021 does not take account of widening the N7 to four lanes, two times two.
\n\n15 May 2024 — giving the timetable for the results of the analysis
\n\n\nÉischt Resultater – a fir op Är Fro ze äntweren – vun dëser Analys missten no der grousser Vakanz, also am spéide Summer dëst Joer dann ze erwaarde sinn.
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First results of this analysis, to answer your question, should be expected after the summer holidays, so in late summer this year.
\n\n27 June 2024 — defending the cost of the contract as money well spent
\n\n\nJo, 692 Milliounen Euro iwwer zéng Joer, dat si vill Suen, mee ech mengen, déi si wierklech gutt investéiert.
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Yes, 692 million euros over ten years is a lot of money, but I think it is really well invested.
\n\n14 November 2024 — answering the criticism about airport parking
\n\n\nMir sinn eis natierlech der Situatioun vun de Parkingen um Fluchhafe ganz bewosst an do gëtt och weider dru geschafft.
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We are of course very aware of the situation of the car parks at the airport and work on it continues.
\n\n10 December 2024 — describing the Moselle as cut in two since the accident
\n\n\nDat heescht, zanterhier ass d’Musel dann an zwee gedeelt an d’Schëffer sinn effektiv dëssäits vun der Musel blockéiert.
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That means that since then the Moselle is divided in two and the vessels are effectively blocked on this side of the Moselle.
\n\n12 December 2024 — stating that the tram extension is a top priority for her and the government
\n\n\nAn aus all deene Grënn, an et gëtt der warscheinlech nach vill méi, ass den Ausbau vum Tram ganz, ganz uewen op menger Prioritéitelëscht an op der Prioritéitelëscht vun der Regierung.
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And for all those reasons, and there are probably many more, the extension of the tram is very high on my priority list and on the government's priority list.
\n\n26 June 2025 — the minister citing the retention rule written into the bill
\n\n\nDen Artikel 4 Punkt 3 seet, dass perséinlech Donnéeën no Traitement oder no zwee Joer geläscht musse ginn.
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Article 4, point 3 says that personal data must be deleted after treatment or after two years.
\n\n30 October 2025 — setting out the order in which the tram network extension is to be built
\n\n\nDéi logesch infrastrukturell Reiefolleg bei Netzextensiounen ass: e Schapp bauen, nei Tramme bestellen, nei Strecken opmaachen an natierlech och un deenen aneren Extensioune weiderschaffen.
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The logical infrastructural order for network extensions is: build a depot, order new trams, open new lines and of course keep working on the other extensions.
\n\n20 November 2025 — stating the current and planned kerosene storage capacity at the airport
\n\n\nAktuell kënne 6.500 m3 Kerosinn stockéiert ginn. Mat deenen neien Infrastrukture kënne mer dat da bal verfënneffachen.
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At present 6,500 m3 of kerosene can be stored. With the new infrastructure we can then almost quintuple that.
\n\n3 December 2025 — answering the criticism that the tram route was changed to serve a shopping centre
\n\n\nMir plangen hei no de Mobilitéitsbesoinen. Den Tram soll bei d’Leit kommen, net deen anere Wee.
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We plan here according to mobility needs. The tram should come to the people, not the other way round.
\n\n21 January 2026 — the mobility minister giving the 2024 accident figures for small electric vehicles
\n\n\nSprange mer op 2024, da sprange mer do och op 42 Accidenter, 14 schwéierer an 28 méi liichter.
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If we jump to 2024, we jump to 42 accidents there, 14 serious and 28 lighter ones.
\n\n21 January 2026 — the mobility minister describing the European rules for these vehicles as a patchwork
\n\n\nReglementaresch si mer hei wierklech an engem Flickenteppech, wat fir mech, ech mengen, fir Iech och, definitiv suboptimal ass.
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In regulatory terms we are really in a patchwork here, which for me, and I think for you too, is definitely suboptimal.
\n\n10 February 2026 — the minister announcing the capital injection into the airport operator
\n\n\nD’Regierung huet och decidéiert, 100 Millioune frëscht Kapital a lux-Airport ze injectéieren, dat bis 2029.
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The government has also decided to inject 100 million of fresh capital into lux-Airport, by 2029.
\n\n5 March 2026 — explaining why the bill sets a retention period of 144 hours
\n\n\nTheoreetesch kënnen also – an dofir sinn déi 144 Stonnen net aus der Loft gegraff – bis zu 144 Stonne vergoen, bis en Incident bei der Autorité de surveillance gemellt ass.
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So in theory, and this is why the 144 hours are not plucked out of the air, up to 144 hours can pass before an incident is reported to the supervisory authority.
\n\n29 April 2026 — defending the tendering procedure used for the specialised transport contracts
\n\n\nNatierlech schreift dann d’ATP déi Marchéen aus an natierlech kritt déi beschten Offer hei den Zouschlag.
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Of course the ATP puts those contracts out to tender, and of course the best offer is awarded the contract.
\n\n3 December 2025 — thanking the Chamber for approving the building
\n\n\nEch mengen, elo kënne mer enfin Neel mat Käpp maachen.
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I think we can finally get down to business now.
\n\n15 May 2024 — stating the current coverage of the satellite system
\n\n\nAm Moment mat deenen nëmme sechs aktuelle Satellitten ass d’Couverture allerdéngs nach limitéiert.
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At the moment, with only the six current satellites, the coverage is still limited.
\n\n15 May 2024 — stating which territories the coverage reaches
\n\n\nLëtzebuerg läit net dran an d’Ukrain och just partiell.
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Luxembourg is not inside it, and Ukraine only partially.
\n\n25 April 2024 — the minister backing the move of the threshold to 30 million
\n\n\nEntre-temps si mer eng Rei Jore méi spéit, soudass ech hei och der Chamber wëll Merci soen, wa si op dee Wee geet, fir dat op 30 Milliounen ze setzen.
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In the meantime we are a number of years further on, so I want to thank the Chamber here for going down that road and setting it at 30 million.
\n\n15 May 2025 — answering that no infrastructure project is being postponed
\n\n\nEt gi keng Infrastrukturprojeten no hanne geréckelt.
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No infrastructure projects are being pushed back.
\n\n9 July 2025 — answering the financing question by pointing to the Prime Minister's three sources and deferring the detail
\n\n\nEt ass gefrot ginn, wéi deen Invest finanzéiert gëtt. Also ech mengen, ech ginn elo hei net an den Detail, well ech hu scho gesot, dat sinn alles Saachen, do musse mer eis an deenen nächste Wochen a Méint am Detail domadder auserneesetzen. De Premier, deen huet a senger Ried zum État de la nation iwwer dräi Sourcë geschwat.
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It was asked how this investment is financed. Now I am not going into the detail here, because I have already said these are all things we must deal with in detail in the coming weeks and months. The Prime Minister spoke of three sources in his state of the nation speech.
\n\n15 May 2024 — characterising the works as an investment in resilience
\n\n\nEt ass e wichtegen Invest an d’Resilienz vun eisem Land.
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It is an important investment in the resilience of our country.
\n\n27 June 2024 — stating a figure from the study on the housing costs of single-parent women
\n\n\nElengerzéiend Frae ginn 49 % vun hirem Akommes fir d’Käschte vum Logement aus.
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Single-parent women spend 49% of their income on housing costs.
\n\n27 June 2024 — stating the government's position on gender equality
\n\n\nFir d’Regierung ass d’Egalitéit zwëschent de Geschlechter weiderhin eng Prioritéit.
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For the government, equality between the genders remains a priority.
\n\n10 October 2024 — presenting the bill as a decisive step in equality policy
\n\n\nEch wëll Iech hei soen, dass dëse Gesetzesprojet wierklech eng ganz kruzial Etapp ass an der Egalitéitspolitick zu Lëtzebuerg.
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I want to tell you here that this bill really is a very crucial stage in equality policy in Luxembourg.
\n\n3 December 2024 — stating that non-binary people are recognised in the coalition agreement
\n\n\nEt gëtt och Leit, déi net binär sinn. Déi sinn och fir d’éischte Kéier an eisem Koalitiounsaccord mat erkannt.
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There are also people who are non-binary. For the first time they are also recognised in our coalition agreement.
\n\n3 December 2024 — citing the coalition agreement's commitment on non-binary people
\n\n\nAm Koalitiounsaccord steet och, dass mer eis solle fir de Respekt a fir d’Protection renforcée vun net binäre Leit asetzen.
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The coalition agreement also says that we should work for the respect and the reinforced protection of non-binary people.
\n\n21 January 2025 — the gender equality minister naming the two main GREVIO recommendations
\n\n\nDe GREVIO huet eis a sengem Rapport ënner anerem zwou weesentlech Mesüre proposéiert oder éischter gefuerdert: éischtens eng global Strategie géint all Forme vu geschlechtsbaséierter Gewalt, déi vun der Istanbul-Konventioun dann och couvréiert sinn, an zweetens d’Schafung vun enger zentraler Ulafstell fir all d’Affer vu Gewalt.
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GREVIO proposed, or rather demanded, two essential measures in its report: first a global strategy against all forms of gender-based violence covered by the Istanbul Convention, and second the creation of a single contact point for all victims of violence.
\n\n3 December 2025 — stating a shared position on industrial heritage
\n\n\nMir sinn natierlech all heibannen, mengen ech, wierklech der Meenung, dass eise Patrimoine industriel och soll valoriséiert ginn.
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Of course we in this House are all, I think, really of the opinion that our industrial heritage should also be given value.
\n\n20 March 2024 — stating that this project is cheaper and better without a PPP
\n\n\nEt ass fir deen heite Projet ganz kloer, dass et ouni PPP méi bëlleg an d’Qualitéit, esou wéi sech dann erausstellt, och besser ass.
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For this project it is very clear that without a PPP it is cheaper and the quality, as it turns out, is also better.
\n\n25 April 2024 — the minister stating the government's reason for the investment programme
\n\n\nEt ass wichteg, dass mer hei weider an eis Infrastrukturen investéieren, fir se ze verbesseren, fir se ze moderniséieren.
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It is important that we keep investing in our infrastructure, to improve it and to modernise it.
\n\n15 May 2024 — answering that no decision has been taken on the administrative services
\n\n\nDéi Fro, déi vum Här Sehovic gestallt ginn ass, wat d’administrativ Servicer ugeet, do ass elo nach keng Decisioun geholl.
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On the question asked by Mr Sehovic about the administrative services, no decision has been taken yet.
\n\n12 December 2024 — rejecting the claim that less infrastructure work is being done
\n\n\nAlso, wannechgelift, maacht net, wéi wann hei manner géif geschafft ginn, wéi wann hei manner Saachen, Projeten op der Motioun wären, well dat entsprécht kenger Realitéit.
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So please, do not act as if less work were being done here, as if fewer projects were on the motion, because that matches no reality.
\n\n21 January 2025 — the public works minister stating the building gets a new use
\n\n\nDen Ale Kolléisch oder déi al Nationalbibliothéik, wat wierklech en historescht Gebai ass, kritt elo en neit Liewen.
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The Ale Kolléisch, or the old National Library, which really is a historic building, now gets a new life.
\n\n3 December 2025 — stating the share of the state budget spent through her ministry
\n\n\nEch mengen, och do gesitt Der, dass d’Zuele wierklech op engem ganz, ganz héijen Niveau bleiwen, wa mer e Staatsbudget hu vun 30 Milliarden an 3,5 Milliarde ginn dann an alles ronderëm den MMTP, wat da vu mir an de Verwaltungen, déi mer dann ënnerstinn, duerchgefouert gëtt.
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I think here too you see that the figures really stay at a very, very high level: we have a state budget of 30 billion, and 3.5 billion go into everything around the MMTP, carried out by me and by the administrations under me.
\n\n10 February 2026 — the minister stating the additional amount requested
\n\n\nWann een dann d’Zousazkäschte minus d’Ekonomien, déi Differenz dann indexéiert, da leie mer effektiv bei engem Zousaz vun 32,5 Milliounen Euro, fir dëse ganz, ganz wichtege Projet ze finaliséieren.
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If you take the additional costs minus the savings and index that difference, we are indeed at an extra 32.5 million euros to finalise this very important project.
\n\n29 April 2026 — stating the total cost of the three buildings
\n\n\nJo, et geet ëm vill Suen – 420 Milliounen Euro –, vun deenen en Deel dann eebe vum ESM finanzéiert gëtt.
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Yes, it is about a lot of money, 420 million euros, of which a part is then financed by the ESM.
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