Second day of the general debate on the 2024 state budget bill 8383 together with the stability programme and the national reform programme; group speakers set out their reading of the deficit, the growth assumptions and the claimed savings, and the opposition parties announced they would vote against the bill.
In the general debate on budget bill 8383, speakers assessed the government's housing package and the rent bill 7642; the LSAP tabled motion 1 asking the government to produce a new method for capping rents by September 2024, and the Piraten tabled motion 4 asking for the SNHBM to be recapitalised so that it can rent out more of its dwellings.
In the general debate on budget bill 8383, speakers argued over the adjustment of the tax scale to inflation, the promised tax reform, the planned cut in company taxation and the excise duties on tobacco and fuel; the ADR tabled motion 3 asking for professional diesel to be introduced in Luxembourg.
In the general debate on budget bill 8383, speakers asked what the budget does against poverty; the LSAP tabled motion 2 asking the government to raise the minimum wage by 100 euros net, exempt it from tax, increase the single-parent tax credit and reform the REVIS.
In the general debate on budget bill 8383 and the national reform programme, speakers disputed the coherence of the budget with the national energy and climate plan and the level of climate spending; the Piraten tabled motion 6 asking for the Klimabonus Wunnen subsidy to run in its present form until the end of 2024.
In the general debate on budget bill 8383, the ADR linked population growth, asylum costs and the budget, which prompted a reply from a DP member speaking on a point of personal explanation and a further ADR answer to her.
The budget rapporteur's report put the financial centre at the centre of the 2024 budget debate, and speakers from majority and opposition argued over its weight in state revenue and over the regulation applied to it.
In the general debate on budget bill 8383, speakers discussed the rising defence budget, the announced move towards 2 % of gross national income, the Belgian-Luxembourg battalion and military aid to Ukraine.