Three ministries – the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Housing and Regional Planning and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity – have recently presented a package of measures on behalf of the government: “building more and faster”.

The Mouvement Ecologique and its Regionale Uelzechtdall have recently lodged an objection as part of the public procedure for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the planned modernisation of a high-voltage line on the Aach – Bofferdange and Bofferdange – Bertrange route.

A public procedure for the preliminary draft of regulations for “arbres remarquables” – outstanding trees– took place recently. The aim is to give special protection status to trees that are characterised by their particular growth habit, diameter, age, species or connection to a historical event or personality, among other things, and to provide financial aid for their care.

In the municipality of Differdange, the local council is planning to convert a natural pond (étang de l’église) at Lasauvage into a fishing pond, which is provoking a great deal of discussion.

The Water Management Office (Administration de la gestion de l’eau – AGE) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, among other things with a new logo. The creation of such an office was a long-standing demand of the Mouvement Ecologique; it was undoubtedly absolutely necessary in view of the challenges in water management.

After an exciting discussion, the EU Environment Council finally adopted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) today, taking the last step towards making this long-awaited proposal law. This result is a great victory for nature, climate protection, citizens and the future of Europe.

In his first speech on the state of the nation, the Prime Minister emphasized that the central responsibility of politics is to make decisions today to shape the future.

The Mouvement Ecologique has been approached several times about its analysis of the results of the European elections.

A study presented on Monday by the Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) and the environmental organisation Global 2000 has revealed an alarming contamination of groundwater and rivers by the little-known and largely unregulated “perennial chemical” trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The Mouvement Ecologique contributed water samples from Luxembourg to this study, which unfortunately are also part of the alarming statistics: All ground and surface waters tested in the study from ten EU countries (6 and 23 respectively) show house-high TFA levels.

As the level of detail in the election programmes of the various political parties varies greatly in the run-up to the EU elections, the Mouvement Ecologique decided not to carry out a general analysis of the programmes. Instead, specific questions were addressed to the parties in order to recognise different attitudes.

At the end of April, the Mouvement Ecologique and its regional sections in Mersch & surroundings and the Alzette valley invited people to the presentation of the renaturation project of the Mamer and the Uelzecht at the former school in Beringen.

The preliminary draft of the national energy and climate plan (PNEC) is currently being revised and discussed in the relevant parliamentary committee. The government has unexpectedly changed its mind, which could have significant consequences for achieving Luxembourg’s climate targets.