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A new UNICEF report reveals one in four children in Luxembourg lives in poverty.

A new UNICEF report on poverty in Luxembourg stresses the importance of reducing discrimination and stigmatisation, in addition to fighting the root causes of poverty. According to the report, many people struggle even to acknowledge their poverty and seek help.

One in four children in Luxembourg lives in poverty. While this figure is not new, it is repeated and highlighted in the recent UNICEF report.
The report assessed 44 countries, but only 37 are included in a ranking, as data from several countries – including Luxembourg – were incomplete. Paul Heber of UNICEF Luxembourg stressed that just because data is unavailable does not mean the problems do not exist. The only thing missing data does, Heber said, is make the situation more difficult to gauge.

He explained that what is known – and important to understand – is that inequality goes much further than just money. According to Heber, it influences housing space, access to activities for children, the educational environment, mental health, and children's everyday opportunities.

At the same time, Heber stressed that Luxembourg has the means to collect data. In his view, part of the issue is that the country struggles to acknowledge that problems exist. He noted that the baseline view is that people in Luxembourg are well-off compared to other places.

If that is the starting position, Heber argued, it becomes more difficult to admit that things need to change.

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• Donald Trump said his summit with Xi Jinping produced major trade agreements, discussions on AI cooperation, and Middle East tensions.
• Elon Musk's X has committed to cracking down on illegal content to protect UK users, as it steps up pressure on social media platforms.
• Health Minister Martine Deprez addressed the rising National Health Fund deficit on RTL Radio, outlining plans to tackle a projected €126.5 million shortfall for 2026.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he would not advise young people in his country to move to the United States for study or work.

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Prolonged conflict could push fuel prices above €2 per litre, STATEC warns

• Without the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and given tensions on the stock markets, STATEC estimates that fuel prices could once again cross the €2 per litre threshold during the summer. The price of diesel would likely exceed €2 per litre by around July. The same applies to petrol, which would also cost more than €2.
  
• Only an optimistic scenario – a "short conflict" in the Middle East – would allow prices to fall sustainably. In that case, prices could return to the €1.50 mark (the level seen at petrol stations before the conflict began in March) in the medium term, around January 2027.

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