The constitutional court has judged that the national Covid laws did not infringe on the country's constitution, an argument used as a line of defence by two known opponents of pandemic health measures.

Back in February, two organisers of major protests opposing Luxembourg's Covid laws, Jean-Marie Jacoby and Peter Freitag, challenged the legality of Covid measures in front of a magistrates' court. Both used this position as a line of defence after being indicted for not respecting the mask mandate or physical distancing during the protests that they organised.

Both men argued that they could not be sentenced for a matter that infringes on the constitution and on human rights. Although they accepted that the court is able to judge whether or not they respected the measures, they refused to accept that the court judges the legality of the measures themselves.

The case was thus forwarded to the constitutional court, which was at first celebrated as a win by many individuals opposing the Covid laws and questioning the existence of the virus. However, the court has now announced that it judges the argument to be invalid and that measures did not infringe on the constitution, which further means that the magistrates' court is able to pass a sentence in the initial case.

Both Jacoby and Freitag are now expected to receive a monetary fine.

RTL