The Chamber debated and adopted projet de loi 7479B, the last part of the 2022 competition law giving the government a time-limited power to cap prices, and rejected Sven Clement's motion 1 asking for ex ante merger control and self-referral by the competition authority.
The Chamber debated and adopted two school financing laws: projet de loi 8262 for a new building for the public European school in Junglinster and projet de loi 8332 for a new Bonnevoie lycée, with the ADR abstaining on the European school.
During the vote on the 300-million-euro financing law 8332 for the Bonnevoie lycée, deputies and the minister reviewed the abandoned public-private partnership for that project and the use of PPPs for state building projects.
The Chamber debated and adopted two motions on climate action: Joëlle Welfring's motion on accelerating the fight against the climate crisis and implementing the national energy and climate plan, and Paul Galles' and Luc Emering's motion on Luxembourg's national, European and global climate role after COP28, both opposed by the ADR.
Across the afternoon's climate motions, deputies argued over energy sources and prices, with the ADR defending fossil and nuclear energy and other groups defending renewables.
The Chamber debated and adopted Franz Fayot's motion, amended in committee and further amended on André Bauler's proposal, inviting the government to encourage a shift of financial centre investment towards sustainable projects after COP28; the ADR announced it would vote against.
The Chamber debated and adopted Franz Fayot's motion inviting the government to analyse a Luxembourg written submission to the International Court of Justice on intergenerational climate justice, after the UN General Assembly resolution of 29 March 2023.