Agriculture and food came back to the Chamber through the whole 2023–2028 legislature, from the heure d'actualité on new genomic techniques in February 2024 to the vote on the nutrition motions of April 2026. The sittings covered plant breeding rules and patents, the amended agricultural law and farm succession, aid for horticultural greenhouses, the first national food action plan, animal health and food safety controls, and food waste. The quotes below are taken verbatim from the Compte rendu officiel of each sitting.
\nOn 1 February 2024, during the heure d'actualité on the European rules for plants obtained by new genomic techniques, Jeff Boonen named speed and precision as the advantage of the new breeding technique.
\n\n\nWat ass elo dee grousse Virdeel vun dëser Technik? D’Technologie ass méi schnell a mir kënne méi geziilt ziichten.
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So what is the big advantage of this technique? The technology is faster and we can breed in a more targeted way.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Jeff Boonen, CSV
\nOn 15 May 2025, at the vote on the investment aid for horticultural greenhouses, Jeff Boonen stated the self-sufficiency figure for tomatoes and strawberries.
\n\n\nBei Tomaten an Äerdbier produzéiere mir zum Beispill knapps 1 % vun deem, wat zu Lëtzebuerg consomméiert gëtt.
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For tomatoes and strawberries, for example, we produce barely 1% of what is consumed in Luxembourg.
\nSitting of 15 May 2025, Jeff Boonen, CSV
\nOn 20 March 2025, in the consultation debate on the national food action plan, Luc Emering demanded a fair producer price for farmers.
\n\n\nEt kann net sinn, datt eis Baueren e Präis kréien, deen et hinne just erlaabt ze iwwerliewen. Si mussen onbedéngt en adequate Präis kréien, deen hinne weider Investissementer an en éierbaart Akommes méiglech mécht.
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It cannot be that our farmers get a price that only lets them survive. They must get an adequate price that allows them further investment and a decent income.
\nSitting of 20 March 2025, Luc Emering, DP
\nOn 5 March 2026, in the debate on the bills on food safety and animal feed controls, Luc Emering described the bill as anchoring a single EU framework for the food chain.
\n\n\nJo, mat dësem Gesetz verankere mer en eenheetlechen EU-Kader fir eis Liewensmëttelketten, dat bedeit vum Bauer bis bei de Konsument.
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Yes, with this law we anchor a single EU framework for our food chains, that means from the farmer to the consumer.
\nSitting of 5 March 2026, Luc Emering, DP
\nOn 1 February 2024, in the same heure d'actualité on new genomic techniques, Claire Delcourt demanded clear labelling of NGT plants so farmers and consumers can choose.
\n\n\nNGT-Planze musse kloer etikettéiert ginn, fir dass souwuel d’Bauere wéi och d’Konsumenten e fräie Choix hunn.
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NGT plants must be clearly labelled, so that both farmers and consumers have a free choice.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Claire Delcourt, LSAP
\nOn 11 February 2026, on her motion about the recalls of infant milk powder, Claire Delcourt stated that no case has occurred and described the aim of her motion.
\n\n\nMir hunn am Moment gottseidank nach kee Fall dovunner. Et geet einfach drëms, déi Saach méi transparent ze maachen, méi einfach zougänglech ze maachen.
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At the moment we thankfully still have no case of it. It is simply about making the matter more transparent, more easily accessible.
\nSitting of 11 February 2026, Claire Delcourt, LSAP
\nOn 21 November 2024, in the debate on the bill amending the 2023 agricultural law, Jeff Engelen called for a broader base of agricultural production.
\n\n\nTrotzdeem ass et wichteg, datt mer eis landwirtschaftlech Produktioun och an der Zukunft méi breet opstellen.
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Nevertheless it is important that we place our agricultural production on a broader base in the future too.
\nSitting of 21 November 2024, Jeff Engelen, ADR
\nOn 5 March 2026, in the debate on the food safety bill, Alexandra Schoos warned against disproportionate controls and rules for small businesses.
\n\n\nEt dierf elo net zu onverhältnisméissege Kontrollen an och Virschrëfte kommen, zemools fir déi kleng Betriber.
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There must now not be disproportionate controls and rules, especially for the small businesses.
\nSitting of 5 March 2026, Alexandra Schoos, ADR
\nOn 1 February 2024, opening the heure d'actualité on new genomic techniques, Joëlle Welfring stated her party's refusal of patents on living organisms.
\n\n\nFir eis ass et kloer, dass et keng Patenter op Liewen däerf ginn!
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For us it is clear that there must be no patents on life!
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Joëlle Welfring, déi gréng
\nOn 30 April 2026, at the vote on her two motions from the nutrition debate, Joëlle Welfring proposed that a 50% food-waste reduction target by 2030 be written into law.
\n\n\nMir wëlle se opfuerderen, d’Zil vun enger hallwer, also vun enger 50%eger Reduktioun bis 2030 gesetzlech ze verankeren.
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We want to call on the government to anchor the target of a 50% reduction by 2030 in law.
\nSitting of 30 April 2026, Joëlle Welfring, déi gréng
\nOn 20 March 2025, in the consultation debate on the national food action plan, Marc Goergen proposed a state-guaranteed minimum price for farm produce.
\n\n\nAn da muss de Staat och higoen – fir eis Piraten – a souguer e Mindestpräis garantéieren, fir dass de Bauer seng Wuer ka verkafen.
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And then the state must also go so far, for us Pirates, as to guarantee a minimum price so that the farmer can sell his goods.
\nSitting of 20 March 2025, Marc Goergen, Piraten
\nOn 20 March 2025, in the same debate on food, David Wagner cited ministry studies on pesticide residues in food produced in Luxembourg.
\n\n\nDe Landwirtschaftsministère huet an der Lescht Etüden duerchgefouert, wou erauskomm ass, dass bei 50 % a méi vun de Liewensmëttel, déi zu Lëtzebuerg hiergestallt ginn, Pestizidréckstänn fonnt gi sinn.
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The agriculture ministry recently carried out studies which found pesticide residues in 50% or more of the food produced in Luxembourg.
\nSitting of 20 March 2025, David Wagner, déi Lénk
\nOn 1 February 2024, in the heure d'actualité on new genomic techniques, the Minister of Agriculture answered 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.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Martine Hansen, Ministre de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et de la Viticulture
\nOn 20 March 2025, in the consultation debate on the national food action plan, the Minister of Agriculture stated 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.
\nSitting of 20 March 2025, Martine Hansen, Ministre de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et de la Viticulture
\nOn 18 March 2026, answering question-hour questions on the shortage of cattle ear tags, the Minister of Agriculture stated 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.
\nSitting of 18 March 2026, Martine Hansen, Ministre de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et de la Viticulture
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