Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 17. Oktober ausgestraalt ginn. D’Europäescht Parlament ass momentan amgaang déi vun der Europäescher Kommissioun proposéiert Plastikstrategie ze iwwerschaffen. Den Ëmweltcomité vum Parlament proposéiert eng ganz Rei zousätzlech Verbueter.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 16. Oktober ausgestraalt ginn. No de Chamberswahlen e Sonnden gouf och am Ausland reagéiert. E bësse schnell huet EUObserver zu Bréissel schon um Méinden de Moie geschriwwen dass de Premierminister Xavier Bettel géing um Pouvoir bleiwen. De fréiere belsche Premier a Chef vun der […]
So, Macron won. That should be the essential takeaway from the Luxembourgish government’s U-turn on digital taxation. Last month, finance minister Pierre Gramegna announced that the government would not hold back the introduction of a French-proposed tax on “digital presence”, provided it contains a sunset clause making it temporary – until a solution can be […]
In February last year, Swiss voters sent their government back to the drawing board by rejecting a proposal that would have overhauled the corporate income tax system in the country.
The FNCTTFEL – the union for railway and other public transport service workers in Luxembourg – said in a public statement last week that it was worried about the introduction of driverless vehicles on the towns of Contern and Pfaffenthal. The union warned that hundreds, even thousands of jobs could be at stake, particularly if […]
One-hundred-and-seventeen million euros. That’s the amount of money Luxembourg’s taxpayers contribute to subsidise students who, under certain conditions, pursue a degree in higher education. This system of providing people with generous grants has been applied in the Grand Duchy for many years now, and is a consequence of a policy that began in France under […]
As Luxembourg’s national election fast approaches, the Democratic Party (DP) is running on the campaign slogan “Zukunft op Lëtzebuergesch” (“Future in Luxembourgish”). The Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP), meanwhile, uses “Lëtz speak about politics” – “lëtz” being the first syllable of the Luxembourgish word for the language, which sounds similar to the English “let’s”). All […]
Luxembourg’s next government, following the current three-party coalition comprising the DP, the LSAP and déi Gréng, will need to deal with several major European Union (EU) issues certain to have a major effect on the Grand Duchy. And because the European elections in May will come after Luxembourg’s parliamentary elections next month, for voters, the […]
Viviane Reding, est candidate pour les élections législatives en octobre. Après trente ans d’activité politique au niveau européen, quelle serait la politique nationale de l’ancienne commissaire et figure du CSV? Trois grands problèmes dérivent de sa philosophie politique.
Together with a handful of countries including Belgium and Brazil, Luxembourg has laws on the books that make participating in parliamentary elections mandatory. Luxembourgish citizens, before they vote on 14 October, will receive a convocation de vote, or a ‘call to vote’, which explains to them that all citizens who did not already vote via […]
Bill Wirtz 