2 years of the CSV-DP government: Where do we stand? Where is the journey in the sustainability sector heading?

Years ago, Mouvement Ecologique introduced the “Mecoskop” tool: www.mecoskop.lu/en

This allows us to determine the extent to which 77 selected promises made by the government in the coalition agreement are being implemented… or not.

Unfortunately, two years after the CSV-DP government took office, Mouvement Ecologique has to draw a negative conclusion. No fewer than 36 – i.e. half of the government’s promises – have not even been addressed.

Why is this? Read the Mouvement Ecologique’s analysis and take a look at www.mecoskop.lu/en.

This analysis leads to the following conclusions and suggestions.

When a government has only addressed half of the selected key statements in the coalition agreement on sustainable development, this can only lead to a negative assessment of its work.

This government must finally engage in an honest discourse about where Luxembourg should be heading, so that we can live within the limits of this planet and leave behind a “Luxembourg worth living in” for future generations, rather than too many burdens. Persisting with today’s pragmatism and all its negative consequences: No!

This government recently presented a strategy for making Luxembourg more resilient. However, it only touches on the question of how Luxembourg can become more resilient in social and environmental terms. This is necessary to ensure that growth does not exceed the limits of natural resources (water, soil, biodiversity, climate, etc.) and that social inequalities do not lead to increased tensions, among other things.

This also means that we need a Ministry of the Environment with a clear profile, that ecological aspects are integrated into all sectoral ministries, and that cooperation between ministries is optimised.

However, it also means that purely economic thinking should no longer be the sole driving force behind political decisions in day-to-day business, but rather the long-term preservation of natural resources and human well-being.

In this respect, we must say yes to real bureaucracy reduction, but no to deregulation under the guise of bureaucracy reduction.

To achieve this, the creativity and knowledge of non-governmental organisations and the population must also be given real importance.

This is not least a question of the credibility of politics, which would also lead to a strengthening of citizens’ trust in politics and its ability to act.

You can download the full analysis here. 

27.11.25