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Luxembourg City mayor Lydie Polfer had reason to celebrate on Sunday as the 70-year-old looked set to continue her hold over the top job, with her party, the DP, gaining ground in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
Parliament is aiming to vote on a reform of bankruptcy laws roughly 20 years in the making before the summer break and pending October election. Work will also begin to review Luxembourg’s abortion laws in light of calls for reform, while parties continue gearing up for the local elections.
If Luxembourg voters were to vote this Sunday, 27.1% would choose the CSV, says the latest Sonndesfro. The DP-LSAP-déi Gréng coalition would still have a majority with 31 seats, with the LSAP winning one more seat than the DP. At the same time, most of those polled want Xavier Bettel to remain prime minister.
Registering to vote is the easy bit, says columnist Sarita Rao, but finding out about candidates and party manifestos is far harder
Luxembourg’s real estate chamber anticipates hundreds of layoffs in the sector after the government shot down a job retention plan. Elsewhere, the OBGL labour unions will keep pushing for a tax reform and the government so far isn’t banning TikTok on official mobile phones.