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Around Hormuz, trade seeks alternative routesThe WTO lists connections combining ships, roads and rail. These solutions shed light on how trade flows are being reorganised, without guaranteeing stable delivery times or prices.
Environmental assessments: speeding things up without bypassing debateThe Council of the EU agreed its position on 30 September. Timelines, points of contact and public participation are at the heart of a text still to be negotiated.
Social security: Europe revises the rules between countriesThe reform adopted by the Council covers five areas. For cross-border workers, the first step is still to distinguish European coordination from national entitlements.
Medicines: what the European step of 28 September changesThe Council has adopted the pharmaceutical package. Access to treatments, shortages and innovation are linked, but entry into force remains a separate step.
Villages and the countryside: the Greater Region sets out a shared roadmapSigned in Libramont in July, the Rural Areas Charter links agriculture, services, digital connectivity and village vitality. Twenty areas of work have been announced; putting them into practice is the next challenge.
Cross-border employment: eight administrations compare their practicesEmployment services met in Luxembourg at the end of September to discuss cross-border benefits, digital procedures and support. A reform under discussion is not yet a new rule for users.
Greater Region: three in four adults in employment, an indicator to read carefullyThe employment rate among 20–64-year-olds reached 75.3% in 2025, according to the regional publication issued in September. This figure measures participation in employment; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
Tourism: overnight stays rise faster than arrivalsProvisional figures for January to July 2026 show a 6% increase in overnight stays. Visitors from neighbouring countries remain essential, while public investment continues.
Inflation: 2.2% in August, but household bills are moving very differentlyThe national index remains stable year on year. Behind this figure, electricity and gas prices fall month on month, while fuel prices rise.
Ten posts at ESA: the NGT programme opens a new route to LuxembourgApplications are open until 15 October. The 2026 edition adds the possibility of spending a second year at a company established in the Grand Duchy.
Industry: a difficult first half, with sharply contrasting fortunesIndustrial production fell by around 5% year on year in the first half. Metallurgy weighed on the overall picture, while several other activities grew.Future CAP: Luxembourg defends the position of its young farmersAt the Agriculture Council on 28 September, Martine Hansen called for adjustments to the targeting of aid. Degressivity, farms run by several families and the cost of fertilisers remain at the heart of the discussions.