The date for the legislative elections was confirmed by the Chamber this week: October 8, 2023.
Legislative Elections are national elections, only citizens can participate, to elect 60 Members to the Chamber and form a new national government.
2023 will be a double election year: the municipal elections are set for June 11, 2023, 6 months earlier.
≈ 70,000 recently naturalised citizens, (having acquired nationality since 2010) will be voting for their first or only second time.
A number of draft laws remain to be passed, before next years elections. Here’s a list.
Women in Luxembourg earn about the same as men, a milestone achievement.
Eurostat estimates that the hourly pay gap in the Grand Duchy is just 0.7%
However, whilst the hourly-pay gap has been nearly eliminated, annual pay remains more unequal.
Women have higher-paying jobs, according to STATEC. Women have a higher median pay and a higher level of education than men and are more likely to work in higher-paying professions, sectors, and large corporations.
No other European country compares to Luxembourg. Not even Scandinavian ones, the pay gap in Sweden is 11.2% and 13.9% in Denmark Our neighbours Belgium, France and Germany have 5.3%, 15.8% and 18.3% pay gaps respectively.
Working for Free: On 4 November, women in France marked the day from which point onwards they will be “working for free” for the rest of the year.
After struggling for years with empty stores and a lack of local businesses the city developed a plan in 2017 to transform Echternach into a “City Outlet”.
It wants to attract big brands in pedestrian zones and the main market square.
Proponents of the plan argue this is good for the city, as it would spread out the stores.
7,000 m2 of space across 46 business premises are currently empty and considered for the plan, said Mayor Yves Wengler (CSV).
The City’s Green (dei Greng) councillors are opposing the plan: saying that outlets create “mass instead of class”, however, a sustainability study has yet to be discussed.
The world’s wealthiest nations and the EU agreed to stay agile and flexible in macro-economic policy responses and cooperation.
G20 leaders also agreed to keep the 1.5C warming target ‘within reach’ boosting what had been stalled COP27 talks.
The summit did not result in a customary joint communiqué, instead officials were able to agree on a “leaders’ declaration.”
Disagreement over Ukraine: The declaration says that most participants strongly condemned the war but that “there were other views and different assessments of the situation and sanctions.”
Check out the full 2022 G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and G20 Development Commitments.
Xi Jinping scolded Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in an on-camera dressing down at the G20 summit, an unusual public spat that could further complicate their strained relations.
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Relevant stories also on the Climate Change section below.
The first draft from COP27 includes text on everything from managing emissions to human rights, technology and food.
The ambassador of Belize called the text a “long shopping list at the moment.”
Some of the most contentious issues, such as loss and damage, have yet to be resolved.
No Climate Security for the world without a protected Amazon: that’s what President Lula said at CO27, pledging to reduce deforestation in the Amazon to zero adding that Brazil will “do whatever it takes to have zero deforestation and degradation of our biomes.”
The G7 launched a new insurance system called ‘Global Shield,’ backed by the V20 - a group of 58 climate-vulnerable nations to provide financial aid to vulnerable nations hit by the effects of climate change.
A historic agreement was reached on loss and damages, but talks failed to strengthen commitments to curb the use of fossil fuels.
Two Polish citizens were killed after a missile hit Poland, EU territory. Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn said the accident “could have triggered something disastrous”
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1992589.htmlLuxembourg planned to launch its own ‘Whatsapp’, a messaging app that promises you privacy and data held in Luxembourg.
How many workers died to build the World Cup infrastructure in Qatar?
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