MP Fred Keup from the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) recently filed a parliamentary enquiry concerning the number of people who made the optional choice to acquire Luxembourgish citizenship thanks to their heritage.
Since 2017, adults can opt for a Luxembourgish passport if their parents, adoptive parents, or grand parents were citizens of the Grand Duchy.
In his enquiry, MP Keup highlighted that people eligible for the procedure do not need to speak Luxembourgish, nor do they have to live in the Grand Duchy. He thus wanted to know how many people have made use of the option in recent years, which parts of their heritage made them eligible, how many never lived in Luxembourg, and where they lived.
In her response, Minister of Justice Sam Tanson explained that 2,500 people have acquired Luxembourgish citizenship through this option since 2017. About 500 of them live in Luxembourg, while 1,100 reside in France, 400 in Belgium, 130 in Germany, 100 in Great Britain, 75 in the United States of America, and 20 in Brazil.
The rest of the people concerned live in other parts of the world, Minister Tanson further noted. She also conveyed that there is no way of tracing back whether they ever resided in Luxembourg or not.
