Poverty came back to the Chamber across the 2023–2028 legislature, from the debate on the announced action plan against poverty in November 2023 to the interpellation on the national action plan against poverty in April 2026 and the motion on educational inequality and child poverty in May 2026. The sittings covered child poverty and the Unicef figures, the REVIS minimum income, the minimum wage and the minimum pension, the cost-of-living allowance, and the non-take-up of social aid and the rent subsidy. The quotes below are taken verbatim from the Compte rendu officiel of each sitting.
\nOn 23 November 2023, during the debate on the announced action plan against poverty and the REVIS minimum income, Marc Spautz called for an action plan against poverty.
\n\n\nDir Dammen an Dir Hären, léif Frënn, mir brauchen e Plang, en Aktiounsplang géint d’Aarmut.
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Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, we need a plan, an action plan against poverty.
\nSitting of 23 November 2023, Marc Spautz, CSV
\nOn 17 December 2025, in the budget debate on the national anti-poverty plan presented the week before, Laurent Zeimet stated that the risk of poverty remains too high.
\n\n\nDen Aarmutsrisiko ass nach ëmmer ze héich a säin Niveau net zefriddestellend.
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The risk of poverty is still too high and its level is not satisfactory.
\nSitting of 17 December 2025, Laurent Zeimet, CSV
\nOn 19 March 2025, in the pension consultation debate on old-age poverty and the minimum pension, Gérard Schockmel advised against a general rise of the minimum pensions.
\n\n\nD’DP géif vun enger allgemenger Erhéijung vun de Mindestrenten ofroden, well dat eng ze vill simplistesch Approche ass an net onbedéngt deene Leit hëlleft, déi wierklech op d’finanziell Ënnerstëtzung ugewise sinn.
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The DP would advise against a general increase of the minimum pensions, because that is too simplistic an approach and does not necessarily help the people who really need the financial support.
\nSitting of 19 March 2025, Gérard Schockmel, DP
\nOn 29 April 2026, during the interpellation on the national action plan against poverty, Mandy Minella stated how many entitled people do not claim the rent subsidy.
\n\n\n75 % vun de Persounen, déi eng Subvention loyer zegutt hätten, froe se net un.
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75% of the people who would be entitled to a rent subsidy do not apply for it.
\nSitting of 29 April 2026, Mandy Minella, DP
\nOn 1 February 2024, in her interpellation on child poverty prompted by the Unicef “Innocenti 18” report, Claire Delcourt stated the Unicef figure for children at risk of poverty in Luxembourg.
\n\n\nDe Rapport vun der Unicef vun Dezember 2023 weist erschreckend Zuelen: Eent vu véier Kanner zu Lëtzebuerg ënnerläit dem Aarmutsrisiko.
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The Unicef report of December 2023 shows shocking figures: one in four children in Luxembourg is at risk of poverty.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Claire Delcourt, LSAP
\nOn 17 December 2025, in the budget debate on the anti-poverty plan and the non-take-up of social aid, Taina Bofferding stated her party's view of poverty.
\n\n\nA fir eis ass ganz kloer: D’Aarmut ass kee Schicksal, et ass eng Ongerechtegkeet.
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And for us it is very clear: poverty is not a fate, it is an injustice.
\nSitting of 17 December 2025, Taina Bofferding, LSAP
\nOn 23 November 2023, in the debate on the announced action plan against poverty, Fred Keup stated that poverty has risen over the last ten years.
\n\n\nD’Aarmut geet erop. Ëmmer méi Leit falen ënnert d’Aarmutsgrenz, haaptsächlech Leit mat Kanner, Leit, déi gescheet ginn.
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Poverty is going up. More and more people are falling below the poverty line, mainly people with children, people who get divorced.
\nSitting of 23 November 2023, Fred Keup, ADR
\nOn 29 April 2026, during the interpellation on the national action plan against poverty, Dan Hardy stated Luxembourg's share of working poor compared with the euro zone.
\n\n\nWat déi sougenannte Working Poor ugeet, si mir mat engem Undeel vu bis zu 15 % vun de schaffende Leit zäitweis Spëtzereider an der Eurozon.
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As far as the so-called working poor are concerned, with a share of up to 15% of working people we are at times the front runner in the euro zone.
\nSitting of 29 April 2026, Dan Hardy, ADR
\nOn 24 April 2024, in the general debate on budget bill 8383 and what it does against poverty, Sam Tanson objected that a working life should not end in poverty risk in retirement.
\n\n\nEt kann net sinn, datt een e Liewe laang schaffe geet an an der Pensioun am Aarmutsrisiko ass.
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It cannot be that someone works all their life and is at risk of poverty in retirement.
\nSitting of 24 April 2024, Sam Tanson, déi gréng
\nOn 29 April 2026, in her interpellation on the national action plan against poverty, Djuna Bernard criticised the action plan for not questioning the mechanism that produces poverty.
\n\n\nMee dësen Aktiounsplang stellt de Mechanismus, deen Aarmut produzéiert, net a Fro.
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But this action plan does not question the mechanism that produces poverty.
\nSitting of 29 April 2026, Djuna Bernard, déi gréng
\nOn 24 April 2024, in the general debate on budget bill 8383, Sven Clement attacked the interior minister's begging ban as a fight against the poor.
\n\n\nE puer Deeg am Amt huet den Inneminister decidéiert, net de Kampf géint d’Aarmut, mee de Kampf géint déi Aarm wier seng Prioritéit.
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A few days into office, the interior minister decided that his priority was not the fight against poverty but the fight against the poor.
\nSitting of 24 April 2024, Sven Clement, Piraten
\nOn 21 May 2026, in the debate on the motion on educational inequality and child poverty, Sven Clement criticised the majority for dismissing child poverty with a committee meeting instead of voting the motion.
\n\n\nVun dohier fannen ech et en Aarmutszeugnis vun dësem Haus, Kanneraarmut esou salopp ewechzewësche mat 53 Minutten an enger Kommissioun, amplaz hei tatsächlech eng substanziell Motioun ze stëmmen!
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From that I find it a poor showing by this House to brush child poverty aside so casually with 53 minutes in a committee, instead of actually voting a substantial motion here!
\nSitting of 21 May 2026, Sven Clement, Piraten
\nOn 19 December 2024, in the debate on bill 8458 raising the REVIS and the RPGH by 2.6 % from 1 January 2025, Marc Baum argued that the REVIS itself must be reconsidered, not only adjusted.
\n\n\nDat heescht, eng effektiv Aarmutsbekämpfung muss d’Fro nach eng Kéier op den Dësch bréngen, ob de REVIS, dee mer elo hunn, dat Mëttel ass, wat adaptéiert ass, oder ob een net de REVIS selwer erëm eng Kéier misst op de Leescht huelen.
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That means effective poverty reduction must put back on the table the question whether the REVIS we have now is the right instrument, or whether the REVIS itself should be reworked.
\nSitting of 19 December 2024, Marc Baum, déi Lénk
\nOn 9 July 2025, in the debate on bill 8114 creating the complément pour personnes âgées, Marc Baum argued that fighting in-work poverty is the best way to fight old-age poverty.
\n\n\nDat heescht, de beschte Kampf géint Altersaarmut ass de Kampf géint de Phenomeen vun de Working Poor.
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That means the best fight against old-age poverty is the fight against the phenomenon of the working poor.
\nSitting of 9 July 2025, Marc Baum, déi Lénk
\nOn 12 June 2024, in the debate on the minimum wage and child poverty in which the Chamber rejected the LSAP anti-poverty motion, the Prime Minister acknowledged a child poverty problem despite past efforts.
\n\n\nMir gesinn, datt mir trotz sécherlech gudden Efforten, déi gemaach gi sinn, e Problem vu Kanneraarmut hunn.
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We see that, despite efforts that were certainly good, we have a child poverty problem.
\nSitting of 12 June 2024, Luc Frieden, Premier ministre
\nOn 29 April 2026, answering the interpellation on the national action plan against poverty, the Minister of the Family stated why the government made the plan a priority.
\n\n\nWell et eng grouss Prioritéit vun dëser Regierung ass, eebe grad ze kucken: Wéi kënne mer hei zu Lëtzebuerg, am räiche Lëtzebuerg, derfir suergen, dass manner Leit riskéieren, an Aarmut ze liewen?
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Because it is a big priority of this government to look at exactly this: how can we make sure here in Luxembourg, in rich Luxembourg, that fewer people risk living in poverty?
\nSitting of 29 April 2026, Max Hahn, Ministre de la Famille, des Solidarités, du Vivre ensemble et de l’Accueil
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