Police work and public safety return to the Chamber through the 2023–2028 legislature, from question hours on the judicial police in March 2024 to a question hour on violent assaults in Luxembourg City in February 2026. The Chamber debated judicial-police staffing, burglary and violent-crime figures, crime statistics by sex and by nationality, the Schengen Information System, video surveillance and police data exchange, and the creation of local police units. The quotes below are taken verbatim from the Compte rendu officiel of each sitting.
\nOn 5 December 2024, in the first reading debate on bill 8305 implementing the EU regulations on the Schengen Information System, Marc Lies stated what the Schengen Information System is used for.
\n\n\nSou ass de SIS e wichtegt Instrument am Kampf géint den Terrorismus, grenziwwerschreidend Kriminalitéit an irregulär Migratioun.
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The SIS is thus an important instrument in the fight against terrorism, cross-border crime and irregular migration.
\nSitting of 5 December 2024, Marc Lies, CSV
\nOn 10 February 2026, in the question hour on three violent assaults in Luxembourg City, Laurent Mosar reported public concern about safety after the assaults.
\n\n\nA ganz vill Leit stelle sech natierlech och Froen, wéi et mat der ëffentlecher Sécherheet hei am Land ass.
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And a great many people are of course asking questions about the state of public safety in this country.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, Laurent Mosar, CSV
\nOn 10 December 2024, in the question-time question on the wave of burglaries across the country, André Bauler stated that burglaries appear to be rising and that people feel it.
\n\n\nAn de leschte Woche schéngt d’Zuel vun den Abréch zouzehuelen. Dat ass emol d’Gefill vun de Leit, zemools an dëser Joreszäit, wou et jo bekanntlech manner hell ass.
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In recent weeks the number of burglaries seems to be rising. That at least is what people feel, especially at this time of year, when there is less daylight.
\nSitting of 10 December 2024, André Bauler, DP
\nOn 29 October 2025, in the debate on bill 8512 simplifying the authorisation procedure for police video surveillance, Lydie Polfer stated figures on how often VisuPol footage was consulted.
\n\n\n2021 war et 460-mol, datt eeben déi Biller vu VisuPol gekuckt gi sinn, fir Affären opzeklären. Awer 2024, do war et scho 638-mol.
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In 2021 the VisuPol images were looked at 460 times to solve cases. But in 2024 it was already 638 times.
\nSitting of 29 October 2025, Lydie Polfer, DP
\nOn 12 March 2024, in the joined question-hour questions on judicial-police officers assigned to the City of Luxembourg begging-ban dispositif, Dan Biancalana asked the minister why the judicial authorities were not informed from the start.
\n\n\nWat sinn d’Grënn, dass d’Justizautoritéiten net direkt, also net vun Ufank un, vum Inneminister selwer informéiert goufe respektiv vun der Justizministesch?
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What are the reasons that the judicial authorities were not informed directly, that is from the start, by the interior minister himself or by the justice minister?
\nSitting of 12 March 2024, Dan Biancalana, LSAP
\nOn 29 October 2025, in the debate on the police data-exchange and video-surveillance bills 8489 and 8512, Dan Biancalana set out the balance he wants between security and freedom.
\n\n\nD’Sécherheet ass fundamental wichteg. Mee si dierf net op d’Käschte vun eiser Fräiheet an eise Rechter goen.
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Security is fundamentally important. But it must not come at the cost of our freedom and our rights.
\nSitting of 29 October 2025, Dan Biancalana, LSAP
\nOn 3 December 2024, in the question-time question on crime statistics broken down by sex, Fred Keup stated figures on the rise in violent offences.
\n\n\nMir haten an de leschten 20, 25 Joer eng immens Erhéijung vun de Strofdoten an eng Zuel vun de Gewaltdoten, déi ganz staark an d’Luucht gaangen ass, déi sech an de leschte 25 Joer vervéierfacht huet an elo bei eppes zwëschent 4.000 a 5.000 Gewaltdote pro Joer läit, laut Statec.
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Over the last 20 to 25 years we have had an enormous rise in criminal offences, and a number of violent offences that has gone up very strongly, quadrupling over the last 25 years and now standing at something between 4,000 and 5,000 violent offences a year, according to Statec.
\nSitting of 3 December 2024, Fred Keup, ADR
\nOn 10 February 2026, in the question hour on crime statistics by nationality, Tom Weidig argued for publishing crime data by nationality and residence status.
\n\n\nFir eng informéiert ëffentlech Debatt ass et relevant, transparent Donnéeën iwwert d’Kriminalitéit zur Verfügung ze stellen, och am Bezuch op Nationalitéit an Openthaltsstatus.
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For an informed public debate it is relevant to make transparent data on crime available, including in relation to nationality and residence status.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, Tom Weidig, ADR
\nOn 5 December 2024, in the first reading debate on bill 8305 on the Schengen Information System, Meris Sehovic argued against reintroducing controls at the EU internal borders.
\n\n\nWell d’Äntwert op Onsécherheet an op Onstabilitéit ass eeben net, erëm Grenzkontrollen op de Bannegrenze vun der EU anzeféieren.
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Because the answer to insecurity and instability is precisely not to reintroduce border controls at the internal borders of the EU.
\nSitting of 5 December 2024, Meris Sehovic, déi gréng
\nOn 16 October 2025, in the first reading debate on bill 8513 creating a local police unit inside the Grand Ducal Police, Meris Sehovic criticised the bill for lacking criteria, missions and transparency.
\n\n\nEt feele Krittären, et feelen d’Missiounen, et feelt d’Transparenz, wéini a firwat esou Unitéite geschaaft kënne ginn oder och erëm ofgezu kënne ginn.
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Criteria are missing, the missions are missing, transparency is missing about when and why such units can be created or withdrawn again.
\nSitting of 16 October 2025, Meris Sehovic, déi gréng
\nOn 29 October 2025, in the debate on the motion asking the government to give the human rights commission extra staff and money for its role under bill 8512, Marc Goergen questioned the majority's rejection of the motion.
\n\n\nEch verstinn net, wéi een dat heite kann ofleenen, wann am Gesetzestext steet, dass d’Mënscherechtskommissioun genau dat soll maachen.
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I do not understand how one can reject this when the text of the law says that the human rights commission is to do exactly that.
\nSitting of 29 October 2025, Marc Goergen, Piraten
\nOn 12 March 2024, in the joined question-hour questions on judicial-police officers assigned to the City of Luxembourg begging-ban dispositif, David Wagner stated a figure from the state prosecutor on hours spent by judicial-police investigators.
\n\n\nLaut der Procureure générale hunn innerhalb vun engem Mount d’Enquêteure vun der Police judiciaire 880 Stonne Policepresenz opweise mussen, fir géint d’Verstéiss vum Stater Reglement virzegoen.
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According to the Procureure générale, within one month the judicial police investigators had to provide 880 hours of police presence to act against breaches of the city's regulation.
\nSitting of 12 March 2024, David Wagner, déi Lénk
\nOn 29 October 2025, in the debate on bill 8489 transposing the EU directives on police data exchange, Marc Baum criticised the vagueness of the legal definition of terrorism.
\n\n\nDe Begrëff vum Terrorismus ass een, deen – an dorënner leiden eis Gesetzgeebungen – a ganz Europa zënter 20 Joer immens schwammeg an immens vag ass, och zu Lëtzebuerg.
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The concept of terrorism is one that, and our legislation suffers from this, has been extremely woolly and extremely vague across Europe for 20 years, including in Luxembourg.
\nSitting of 29 October 2025, Marc Baum, déi Lénk
\nOn 12 March 2024, in the joined question-hour questions on judicial-police officers assigned to the City of Luxembourg begging-ban dispositif, the Minister for Home Affairs announced 55 recruitments to the judicial police that year.
\n\n\nDat heescht, dëst Joer ginn aleng 55 Leit bei der Police judiciaire rekrutéiert, fir eebe kënne méi schnell déi Dossieren opzeschaffen, well – do sinn ech d’accord mat Iech – dat si grav Dossieren a mir mussen Efforte maachen, fir déi opzeschaffen, well d’Kriminalitéit muss bekämpft ginn.
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That means that this year alone 55 people are being recruited to the judicial police, so that these files can be worked through faster, because, and here I agree with you, these are serious files and we must make efforts to work through them, because crime must be fought.
\nSitting of 12 March 2024, Léon Gloden, Ministre des Affaires intérieures
\nOn 10 February 2026, in the question hour on crime statistics by nationality, the Minister for Home Affairs rejected the call for nationality statistics.
\n\n\nPolice a Ministèrë schaffe faktebaséiert, an net op Basis vu populistesche Rumeuren.
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The police and the ministries work on the basis of facts, not on the basis of populist rumours.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, Léon Gloden, Ministre des Affaires intérieures
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