The Ministry of Home Affairs continues to support the five municipalities of Bettendorf, Diekirch, Erpeldange-sur-Sûre, Ettelbruck, and Schieren in their steps towards the merger by 2023. In this context, the municipalities and the ministry meet up regularly. The last meeting took place at the beginning of February.
This week, Minister for Home Affairs Taina Bofferding received a letter from the five municipalities requesting state financial support for the merger of €5,000 per inhabitant. Although the amounts of special aid were recently increased by 10% on the initiative of the minister, the aid requested by the "Nordstad" municipalities is much higher than that
The ministry stated that it will analyse the financial demands and the list of projects that the municipalities intend to implement in the future. The state council will ultimately determine the precise amount of the special aid for supporting the merger.
In a press release, the ministry points out that the government is already carrying out a number of major projects to promote the development of the "Nordstad" municipalities and the quality of life of their inhabitants and will continue to do so.
However, the ministry also acknowledges that the "Nordstad" merger project is "the most ambitious ever undertaken in Luxembourg".
