Transport and mobility ran through the sittings of the 2023–2028 legislature, from the fourth tram financing law of February 2024 to the school and specialised bus transport bills of April 2026. The Chamber debated tram extensions and their cost, the road and rail projects of the national mobility plan, Findel airport, charging infrastructure and the end of the combustion engine, and the financing of bus services. The quotes below are taken verbatim from the Compte rendu officiel of each sitting.
\nOn 25 April 2024, in the orientation debate on the large infrastructure projects and the Plan national de mobilité 2035, Emile Eicher stated the aim he sets for transport policy.
\n\n\nDat bedeit, dass mer derfir suerge mussen, dass d’Leit sécher, séier a bequeem op d’Aarbecht kommen.
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That means we must make sure people get to work safely, quickly and comfortably.
\nSitting of 25 April 2024, Emile Eicher, CSV
\nOn 10 February 2026, during the interpellation on the long-term strategic vision for Findel airport, Emile Eicher stated the planned investment figure for the airport modernisation programme.
\n\n\nBis 2032 solle ronn eng Milliard Euro investéiert ginn, fir de Findel ze moderniséieren an zukunftsfäeg ze gestalten.
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About one billion euros are to be invested by 2032 to modernise Findel and make it fit for the future.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, Emile Eicher, CSV
\nOn 1 February 2024, at the vote on bill 8224, the fourth financing law for the tram, Corinne Cahen reported the cost of the two extensions and how it is split between state and city.
\n\n\nD’Gesamtkäschte vun dësen zwou Extensioune belafe sech op 135 Milliounen Euro. Dovunner iwwerhëlt de Staat der 90 Milliounen an d’Stad Lëtzebuerg iwwerhëlt de Rescht.
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The total cost of these two extensions comes to 135 million euros. Of that the state takes 90 million and the City of Luxembourg takes the rest.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Corinne Cahen, DP
\nOn 29 October 2025, in the debate on the ADR motion to repeal the 2035 EU ban on new combustion-engine cars, Carole Hartmann stated the party's support for the end of the combustion engine.
\n\n\nAls DP sti mir dofir och kloer a weiderhin hannert dem Aus vun dem Verbrennermotor.
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As the DP we therefore continue to stand clearly behind the end of the combustion engine.
\nSitting of 29 October 2025, Carole Hartmann, DP
\nOn 27 June 2024, in the debate on bill 8322 financing the ten-year bus services contract between the State and the CFL, Francine Closener stated her party's position that public transport must stay in public hands.
\n\n\nMir sinn, Här President, a bleiwen als LSAP der Meenung, datt et kruzial ass, datt den ëffentlechen Transport an ëffentlecher Hand bleift.
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We are, President, and remain as the LSAP of the opinion that it is crucial that public transport stays in public hands.
\nSitting of 27 June 2024, Francine Closener, LSAP
\nOn 29 April 2026, in the debate on the school bus and specialised transport financing bills, Yves Cruchten criticised the government for raising the budget without questioning the system.
\n\n\nAn dofir ass meng Kritick och ganz kloer: Mir erhéijen de Budget, mee mir stellen de System eigentlech net richteg a Fro.
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And therefore my criticism is very clear: we are raising the budget, but we are not really questioning the system.
\nSitting of 29 April 2026, Yves Cruchten, LSAP
\nOn 12 December 2024, in the heure d’actualité on the tram extensions foreseen in the national mobility plan, Tom Weidig refused a further large building site in the city centre.
\n\n\nMee als Stater ADR wëlle mir do net nach e mega Chantier matten an der Strooss opmaachen.
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But as the ADR of the city we do not want to open yet another mega building site in the middle of the street there.
\nSitting of 12 December 2024, Tom Weidig, ADR
\nOn 29 October 2025, tabling the motion to repeal the 2035 ban on new combustion-engine cars, Tom Weidig argued that the near-ban on the combustion engine is unrealistic.
\n\n\nEt kristalliséiert sech ëmmer méi eraus, datt dee Quasiverbuet vum Verbrennermotor onrealistesch ass a méi op enger Wonschvirstellung baséiert huet wéi op wirtschaftlechen an technologesche Realitéiten.
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It is becoming ever clearer that this quasi-ban on the combustion engine is unrealistic and was based more on wishful thinking than on economic and technological realities.
\nSitting of 29 October 2025, Tom Weidig, ADR
\nOn 12 December 2024, in the heure d’actualité his group requested on the extension of the tram network, Meris Sehovic stated that shelving the second city tram route was a political choice.
\n\n\nEt ass also ganz eleng eng politesch Decisioun, fir de gesamte Projet op Äis ze leeën an en an den Tirang ze leeën.
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So it is a purely political decision to put the whole project on ice and file it away in the drawer.
\nSitting of 12 December 2024, Meris Sehovic, déi gréng
\nOn 5 March 2026, in the debate on the bill rebuilding the western approach to Luxembourg station, Meris Sehovic stated figures on the growth of rail use between 2005 and 2025.
\n\n\n2005 hu 14 Millioune Mënschen den Zuch zu Lëtzebuerg geholl. 2025 waren et 34,1 Millioune Mënschen.
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In 2005, 14 million people took the train in Luxembourg. In 2025 it was 34.1 million people.
\nSitting of 5 March 2026, Meris Sehovic, déi gréng
\nOn 27 June 2024, in the debate on the ten-year bus services contract with the CFL, Marc Goergen linked his party's vote for the bill to the pay of the bus drivers.
\n\n\nMir sinn der fester Iwwerzeegung, dass déi Chaufferen, déi do fueren, solle gutt bezuelt ginn. Dofir wäerte mir dësem Projet och haut zoustëmmen.
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We are firmly convinced that the drivers who drive there should be well paid. That is why we will also approve this bill today.
\nSitting of 27 June 2024, Marc Goergen, Piraten
\nOn 29 April 2026, in the debate on the school bus transport financing bill, Marc Goergen criticised private bus operators for profiting from the school transport contracts.
\n\n\nHei ass elo eng Privatbranche, déi matkritt huet, dass hei Milliounen ze verdénge sinn.
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Here we now have a private branch that has realised that there are millions to be earned here.
\nSitting of 29 April 2026, Marc Goergen, Piraten
\nOn 1 February 2024, at the vote on the fourth tram financing law, David Wagner restated his party's demand on the legal form of the tram operator.
\n\n\nA mir hunn ëmmer derfir plädéiert, en Établissement public ze maachen oder den Tram u sech an den AVL ze integréieren.
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And we have always argued for making it a public establishment or integrating the tram itself into the AVL.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, David Wagner, déi Lénk
\nOn 10 February 2026, during the interpellation on the future of Findel airport, David Wagner stated a figure for the number of people exposed to aircraft noise.
\n\n\nRonn 84.000 Leit sinn dem Kaméidi vum Loftverkéier ausgesat.
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About 84,000 people are exposed to air traffic noise.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, David Wagner, déi Lénk
\nOn 1 February 2024, at the vote on the fourth tram financing law, the Minister of Mobility and Public Works committed to table further tram extension bills during this legislature.
\n\n\nAn ech kann Iech och soen, dass et absolutt mäin Zil ass, dës Legislaturperiod och weider Gesetzesprojete fir d’Trams-Extensioun ze deposéieren.
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And I can also tell you that it is absolutely my aim to table further bills for the tram extension during this legislature.
\nSitting of 1 February 2024, Yuriko Backes, Ministre de la Mobilité et des Travaux publics
\nOn 10 July 2025, in the debate on the aid scheme for companies investing in charging infrastructure, the Minister of the Economy stated how many charging points the existing scheme has produced.
\n\n\nDo sinn eng ronn 1.000 Bornen iwwert déi Programmer hei installéiert ginn, 1.000 Bornen, déi also bäikomm sinn, nëmme well dee Projet hei en place gesat ginn ass.
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Around 1,000 charging points have been installed through these programmes, 1,000 charging points that were added only because this scheme was put in place.
\nSitting of 10 July 2025, Lex Delles, Ministre de l’Économie, des PME, de l’Énergie et du Tourisme
\nOn 10 February 2026, during the interpellation on the future of Findel airport, the Minister of Mobility and Public Works announced the capital injection into the airport operator.
\n\n\nD’Regierung huet och decidéiert, 100 Millioune frëscht Kapital a lux-Airport ze injectéieren, dat bis 2029.
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The government has also decided to inject 100 million of fresh capital into lux-Airport, by 2029.
\nSitting of 10 February 2026, Yuriko Backes, Ministre de la Mobilité et des Travaux publics
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