Mireille Rahmé-Bley has also been on the committee for 9 years and was previously vice-president. Her goal now is to make the capital as it was before the pandemic.
Many people are still afraid to go to restaurants and shops. The new president said that the constantly entering rules in the fight against the virus were unsettling.
Although, the business people can't do anything about that, activities are to be organised in the city, such as the Braderie, which is about to take place again.
In order to keep the city attractive to people, accessibility must be taken into account. A big theme around this are the available parking spaces.
Patrick Goldschmidt, head of mobility of Luxembourg City, argued that more parking spaces result in more visitors. Of course, there are many options on Glacis, the parking Robert Schuman, or below Place de l'Europe, which are all well connected to the city centre via tram.
With three parkings are being renovated at the same time, the business federation laments that it wasn't informed prior to the works, given it has reduced the available parking space significantly.
In terms of the demise of many businesses in the city, the new president is not worried. The numbers of shops that are closing and those that are opening balance each other out. The fact that so many luxury shops are also coming to Luxembourg, and that the Galerie Lafayette has also opened its doors here, would be positive and good publicity for the country.
With the pandemic and the tram works, many businesses would have suffered, but now we have a beautiful city and could look positively into the future, she says.
