L’actualité, les repères et les regards de la rédaction.
The European figure is 2.4 percentage points higher than the Insee figure. The gap is due to differences in statistical scope, notably imputed contributions: an accounting convention, not an additional bill sent to households.
The Senate rejected the bill on 26 October, by 181 votes to 134. Amending the Constitution requires the agreement of both houses: the National Assembly’s vote in June is not enough.
In Luxembourg, as elsewhere in the European Union, emergency stocks are subject to precise rules. Their volume is not enough to predict how long a shortage will last.
Meeting in Luxembourg on 26 and 27 October 2026, EU ministers are negotiating a partial position on the future CAP. Aid for farmers, the 2028-2034 budget, small farms: what is proposed and what remains to be decided.
The European recommendation of 19 October links prevention, emergency support and long-term housing. In Luxembourg, Ulysse and Kairos illustrate two complementary responses.
The 20 October compromise distinguishes between the sale of imported organic products and the use of the European logo. Formal adoption is still pending.
The UN is preparing a meeting on longer lives for 8 October. At the heart of the debate: social protection, access to services and the participation of older people.
Niels Fenger is reappointed to the Court of Justice for 2027–2033. Andria Buhagiar and Ivan Stoynev are appointed to the General Court for terms ending in 2031.
Culture, media, democratic participation: the mandate adopted by the Council on 12 May 2026 sets out a shared programme. It does not, by itself, settle its funding.
The European reform adopted in May is aimed at the procedures that hinder municipal voting by citizens living in another Member State. The right already exists; the challenge is to exercise it.
Meeting in New York on 20 September, the three partners linked peace, finance and food. The communiqué sets out priorities, but does not prove they have been achieved.
The Council set out its position on 30 September. Pesticide residues, authorisations and checks are part of a dossier that is still under negotiation.
