A bill before Luxembourg's parliament would scrap the rule that defers sexually active gay and bisexual men from giving whole blood and base eligibility on individual risk instead. Examined in committee on 29 June 2026, the measure tracks a broader European shift away from orientation-based donor screening, though it is not yet law.
Luxembourg's parliament is again debating whether to let 16-year-olds vote, but the governing CSV-DP coalition has confined its electoral-reform plans to changes that avoid a constitutional overhaul, leaving votes at 16 unlikely for the 2028 election absent a two-thirds majority or a fresh referendum.
Luxembourg's parliament is set to vote on a bill expanding police powers to order people to leave public places for up to 48 hours, over warnings from the Council of State and rights groups that the grounds are too vague.
A Luxembourg MP who endorsed a Facebook comment calling for LGBTIQ people to be 'exterminated' faced no parliamentary sanction and only a written warning from his party, the ADR — testing how the Chamber of Deputies polices discriminatory speech.
Luxembourg's parliament has begun examining the €432.5 million Resilienzpak energy-relief package, even as a looming US-Iran deal pushes oil prices to their lowest since March.
Luxembourg is governed by coalitions because its proportional system makes single-party majorities almost impossible. We explain how the Chamber, the parties, and the formateur turn an election result into a government.