The economy returned to the Chamber throughout the 2023–2028 legislature, from the competition law of March 2024 to the interpellation on the role of the state in the economy of June 2026. The sittings covered price controls and merger control, the ECO2050 strategic vision, business taxation and administrative simplification, the space sector, unemployment and artificial intelligence, and the job cuts announced in steel and construction. The quotes below are taken verbatim from the Compte rendu officiel of each sitting.
\nOn 12 June 2024, in the state of the nation debate on competitiveness and the diversification of the economy, Diane Adehm stated that competitiveness secures jobs.
\n\n\nJo, Kompetitivitéit ass wichteg, well Kompetitivitéit séchert eis Aarbechtsplazen.
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Yes, competitiveness is important, because competitiveness secures our jobs.
\nSitting of 12 June 2024, Diane Adehm, CSV
\nOn 30 October 2025, in the question élargie on administrative simplification and competitiveness, Laurent Mosar described Europe as having fallen behind the United States and China.
\n\n\nSoss war Europa ëmmer e Goliath. Entre-temps ass Europa just nach en David géintiwwer de Goliathen USA a China.
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Europe used to be a Goliath. In the meantime Europe is only a David facing the Goliaths, the USA and China.
\nSitting of 30 October 2025, Laurent Mosar, CSV
\nOn 12 June 2024, in the state of the nation debate on business taxation and the financing of the welfare state, Carole Hartmann stated that wealth must be created before it can be distributed.
\n\n\nNëmme wa Wuelstand geschaaft gëtt, kann och eppes verdeelt ginn.
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Only if prosperity is created can anything be distributed.
\nSitting of 12 June 2024, Carole Hartmann, DP
\nOn 16 June 2026, in his interpellation on the role of the state in the economy, André Bauler stated his own conclusion on what the state should be.
\n\n\nHaut geet et net méi dorëms, méi Staat ze hunn, mee e besseren, méi effizienten a méi strateegesch ausgeriichte Staat.
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Today it is no longer about having more state, but a better, more efficient and more strategically oriented state.
\nSitting of 16 June 2026, André Bauler, DP
\nOn 5 December 2024, in his interpellation on the follow-up to the ECO2050 strategic vision, Franz Fayot voiced a suspicion about the government's economic policy.
\n\n\nMir hunn allerdéngs e bëssen de Verdacht, dass dës Regierung net wëlles huet, wierklech virausschauend a strateegesch Wirtschaftspolitick ze maachen.
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We do however somewhat suspect that this government does not intend to run a truly forward-looking and strategic economic policy.
\nSitting of 5 December 2024, Franz Fayot, LSAP
\nOn 5 March 2026, in the debate on his motion for a steel tripartite after the ArcelorMittal announcement, Mars Di Bartolomeo stated his demand to the government.
\n\n\nDofir eis Demande un d’Regierung: D’Stol-Tripartitt direkt, an zäitno och d’national Tripartitt!
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That is why our demand to the government is: the steel tripartite immediately, and shortly after also the national tripartite!
\nSitting of 5 March 2026, Mars Di Bartolomeo, LSAP
\nOn 5 December 2024, in the interpellation on the ECO2050 vision, Tom Weidig said that Green Deal policy will harm Europe and Luxembourg.
\n\n\nDuerfir wäert déi feelgelenkte Green-Deal-Politick Europa an och Lëtzebuerg enorm schueden an der Zukunft.
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That is why the misguided Green Deal policy will do enormous harm to Europe and also to Luxembourg in the future.
\nSitting of 5 December 2024, Tom Weidig, ADR
\nOn 28 April 2026, in the heure d’actualité on the government's crisis management and the timing of the tripartite, Fred Keup argued that no further rounds of negotiation are needed.
\n\n\nMir als ADR gleewen drun: Lëtzebuerg brauch aktuell keng weider Verhandlungsronnen, déi Méint daueren a vläicht wéineg bréngen. Mir brauchen eng Regierung, déi Verantwortung iwwerhëlt.
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We in the ADR believe this: Luxembourg does not currently need further rounds of negotiation that last months and may bring little. We need a government that takes responsibility.
\nSitting of 28 April 2026, Fred Keup, ADR
\nOn 5 December 2024, in the interpellation on the ECO2050 vision, Joëlle Welfring stated that strengthening climate protection and social rights makes the country more competitive.
\n\n\nFir eis ass et kloer: Net de Réckbau vum Klimaschutz a vun de soziale Rechter, mee dat intelligent Stäerken dovu mécht eis méi kompetitiv.
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For us it is clear: not the roll-back of climate protection and of social rights, but the intelligent strengthening of them makes us more competitive.
\nSitting of 5 December 2024, Joëlle Welfring, déi gréng
\nOn 28 April 2026, in the heure d’actualité requested by her group on crisis management, Sam Tanson put two questions to the prime minister on the tripartite.
\n\n\nWann et keng Kris gëtt, wisou dann eng Tripartitt? A wann et eng Kris gëtt, firwat waart Der da sechs Wochen, bis datt Der se zesummerufft?
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If there is no crisis, why a tripartite? And if there is a crisis, why do you wait six weeks before you call it together?
\nSitting of 28 April 2026, Sam Tanson, déi gréng
\nOn 20 March 2024, in the debate on the last part of the competition law, Sven Clement argued for ex ante merger control.
\n\n\nEt ass ëmmer méi einfach, fir virun enger Fusioun ze intervenéieren, wéi spéider ze versichen, duerch Strofen d’Firmen auserneenzekréien.
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It is always easier to intervene before a merger than to try later to break the companies apart through fines.
\nSitting of 20 March 2024, Sven Clement, Piraten
\nOn 12 June 2024, in the state of the nation debate on competitiveness, Marc Baum contested the government's framing.
\n\n\nHär Premierminister, ech mengen, mir hu kee Kompetitivitéitsproblem hei am Land, mir hunn e Gerechtegkeetsproblem!
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Prime Minister, I think we do not have a competitiveness problem in this country, we have a fairness problem!
\nSitting of 12 June 2024, Marc Baum, déi Lénk
\nOn 10 February 2026, in the question hour on job losses in the construction sector, Marc Baum cited the number of jobs lost over four years.
\n\n\nAn der Beäntwerung vun enger parlamentarescher Fro vun de Kolleegen Di Bartolomeo an Engel ass ervirgaangen, datt an deene leschte véier Joer 4.500 Plazen an deem Secteur verluer gaange sinn.
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The answer to a parliamentary question from colleagues Di Bartolomeo and Engel showed that 4,500 jobs were lost in that sector over the last four years.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, Marc Baum, déi Lénk
\nOn 5 December 2024, answering the interpellation on the ECO2050 strategic vision, the Minister of the Economy set the strategies against the situation on the ground.
\n\n\nMee et däerf een net vu lauter Visiounen a Strategien d’Realitéit um Terrain verkennen.
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But you must not lose sight of the reality on the ground because of all the visions and strategies.
\nSitting of 5 December 2024, Lex Delles, Ministre de l’Économie, des PME, de l’Énergie et du Tourisme
\nOn 20 November 2025, answering the question élargie on the development of unemployment, the Minister of Labour stated the government's priority on the labour market.
\n\n\nEis Prioritéit ass a bleift et, d’Leit an der Beschäftegung ze halen, nei Perspektiven opzemaachen an eng resilient, nohalteg an inklusiv Ekonomie fir Lëtzebuerg ze schafen.
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Our priority is and remains to keep people in employment, to open up new prospects, and to create a resilient, sustainable and inclusive economy for Luxembourg.
\nSitting of 20 November 2025, Georges Mischo, Ministre du Travail
\nOn 16 June 2026, in the interpellation on the role of the state in the economy, the Prime Minister stated his view of the link between the economy and the state.
\n\n\nAn duerfir mengen ech, datt grad zu Lëtzebuerg eng staark Ekonomie och Hand an Hand geet mat engem staarke Staat.
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And that is why I think that, in Luxembourg in particular, a strong economy goes hand in hand with a strong state.
\nSitting of 16 June 2026, Luc Frieden, Premier ministre
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