VAT reduction, public transport, index and more17 new petitions available for signatures

17 new petitions are available for signatures on the website of the Chamber of Deputies.

Several of them deal with the issue of purchasing power and soaring prices (reduction of VAT, building prices, free transport, etc.). There are fewer petitions related to the health crisis, and one petition related to the conflict in Ukraine.

Overview of the new petitions

1. Over-taxation of services and consumer goods imported from Russia and Belarus. (2292)
2. Costs of ongoing new construction projects: a moratorium on revisions to construction prices according to the consumer price index until 2022 (and 2023) (2294)
3. Cost of new buildings: increase in the ceiling for the application of the reduced rate of 3% (2295)
4. Indexation of state financial aid for higher education (2296)
5. Reduction of VAT on food products (2297)
6. Abolition of summer time (2298)
7. For the reintroduction of compulsory masking and testing in secondary schools, primary schools, and other educational facilities when the incidence rate is high in order to protect the health of pupils and school staff (2299)
8. For a 24-hour maternity and paediatric emergency service in the north of Luxembourg (2301)
9. Full free public transport for cross-border lines as well (e.g. line 315 and many others) (2302)
10. Prohibit smoking while driving. (2303)
11. Creation of a register to record a person’s wants and choices before they are placed under guardianship, as long as they are of sound mind. (2308)
12. Reimbursement of psychologists’ bills (2309)
13. Rescission of VAT on veterinary consultations (2310)
14. All future adjustments to the INDEX should be subject to a referendum. All citizens should be able to vote democratically and responsibly on the INDEX. ( 2312)
15. Let’s protect our forests and nature forever. (2314)
16. Limit and regulate the so-called ‘Harmonica’ buses in the city centre (and its suburbs) during off-peak hours and at weekends. (2315)
17. Adequate working hours for private sector bus drivers (2205)

The full list of petitions is available on the petitiounen.lu website.

In addition, several petitions will soon be closed for signatures. Among these, only one petition has already exceeded 4,500 signatures: " For increasing the capacity of the existing paediatric oncology service in Luxembourg” (2232, already 5,016 signatures).