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Luxembourg’s special parliamentary committee held its first session today to implement energy relief measures.

Fuel prices are set to drop by five cents per litre from 1 July under a Grand Ducal regulation presented on Wednesday, as the government moves ahead with implementing energy relief measures agreed during this month's tripartite talks.

The legislative process for implementing the measures drafted by the government and social partners during this month's tripartite talks has officially begun. On Wednesday morning, the special parliamentary committee convened for its first meeting. Although the session largely focused on energy aid, Minister of Energy Lex Delles was absent due to other commitments. Finance Minister Gilles Roth attended in his place, fielding questions from MPs.
Roth outlined the government's progress in implementing certain measures, noting that a Grand Ducal regulation has been presented to lower petrol and diesel prices by five cents per litre as of 1 July. He also expressed optimism that a draft bill would pass before the summer recess, which would reduce prices for agricultural diesel and heating fuel by 15 cents from 1 August.
Green Party (Déi Gréng) MP Sam Tanson acknowledged the measures as "well and good" but said she would have preferred a broader general discussion on the tripartite agreements. Laurent Zeimet, parliamentary group leader of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and president of the special committee as of Wednesday morning, countered that such a broad debate fell outside the committee's mandate. Tanson nonetheless voiced scepticism about the effectiveness of the energy measures.

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• G7 leaders today hailed the US-Iran deal to end the Middle East war as a "historic opportunity"
• US astronaut Christina Koch, the first woman to take part in a lunar mission, was today named the winner of a top Spanish prize for having "helped extend the frontiers of humanity
• The BBC will axe some programming and may impose compulsory redundancies to help deliver hundreds of millions of pounds of previously announced savings

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Figure of the day

Construction begins on €126 million Hamm sports complex

• Construction has begun on a major new sports complex in Hamm, which is due to open in spring 2029 and will include an athletics stadium, training facilities, a large sports hall, and a public park.
• The land will first be prepared before construction of the main sports complex begins in autumn. This initial phase is expected to cost around €16 million.

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