Roughly 200 people attended the rather unusual National Congress hosted by CSV in Rodange on Saturday morning. Its main aim was to find a solution for climate change and housing growth. One of the party's proposals was to promote more affordable housing by defining new building areas, and potentially even to create new, small cities where possible.
CSV leader Martine Hansen and party president Frank Engel used the opportunity to discuss current issues in Luxembourg's political environment, such as the secret police records affair, the Traversini-Dieschbourg affair, and the recent conflict of interest affair involving Corinne Cahen.
One of the subjects that were discussed was Minister for Family Affairs Corinne Cahen listing an apartment on Airbnb, despite commercial activities being prohibited for Ministers. This information goes back to an article published on RTL 5 Minutes back in January. The listing has since been taken down.
ADR MP Fernand Kartheiser asked a parliamentary question on Thursday. The aim is to find out whether commercial activities on Airbnb are compatible with Article 4 of the deontology ethics, and to ask why Cahen did not declare this activity in her government declaration.
-Marc Fischbach does not agree with Xavier Bettel's decision-
Former member of the ethics committee and CSV Minister Marc Fischbach feels that the committee should also deal with Cahen's letter addressed to the capital's Commercial Union. He regrets Xavier Bettel's decision not to seize the committee. In an RTL interview on Saturday morning, Fischbach was hoping for Bettel to reconsider his decision. The entire opposition, notably CSV, ADR, déi Lénk and the Pirate party, addressed a letter to the Minister of State, openly reproaching Cahen for potential conflict of interest.
Fischbach did not want to comment on the controversy of Cahen renting out an apartment via Airbnb in the past.
