Earlier this week it was reported that the Chamber would maintain the “Lëtzebuerger Journal” on its roster for the publication parliamentary session reports, despite the Journal no longer appearing in print format from 1 January. The reports were to be published as PDFs on the Journal site.
However, the decision was met with criticism from numerous MPs, who said they had not been informed of the decision to maintain the contract. The CSV party requested an official enquiry into the matter, with discussions due to take place on Friday.
Fernand Etgen, the president of the Chamber, waded into the discussion on Friday morning, explaining the decision had been taken to terminate the contract in favour of a different communications strategy in a post on Facebook.
This U-turn occurred just four days after Reporter.lu broke the story, that the Journal would continue to publish the documents in PDF format. This would have rendered the Journal the lone online medium included in the Chamber's agreement, which also comprises the country's top-selling newspapers.
The CSV said this inclusion was a matter of precedence which required immediate debate. According to Reporter.lu, the deal would have seen the Journal site receiving around €1,600 per published PDF, amounting to €30,000 a year.
