Questions were raised in light of several fatal car crashes involving trees. Christian Social People's Party (CSV) MP Martine Hansen asked the minister for transport, François Bausch, whether it would be possible to tear down more roadside trees and replace them with less lethal hedgerows.
When building new roads, trees will need to be far enough from the street or guardrails need to be installed to make collisions less probable.
Another subject of discussion were electric scooters and the fact that they are currently excluded from tax abatements. Minister for the environment Carole Dieschbourg explained the reasons why they are currently not subsidised to Democratic Party MP Max Hahn: Most electric scooters are not yet in compliance with all regulations. They are often not correctly equipped with lights, two brakes or reflectors. Once these conditions are met by most electric scooter models, there could be a debate about introducing subsidies, Dieschbourg explained.
Free public transport was also a topic during Tuesday's meeting. CSV MP Marco Schank criticised the way the issue was being promoted.
The "Adapto" service that helps handicapped people get around will also be free from 1 March 2020, but only for people who are currently using it to get to and from work and who have paid for a season ticket. Other Adapto services such as the "door-to-door-service" will not become free, transport minister François Bausch told CSV MP Marco Schank.
Most parties were in agreement regarding a draft law on a partial change in Luxembourg's election laws regarding the financing of election campaigns.
General election campaign funds and European election campaign funds will probably be handled separately in the future. This means that parties will not need to present complete lists for both elections at the same time. In general elections, parties will be partially reimbursed only if they present a complete list in all four constituencies and if they have at least one seat in parliament.
In European elections, the allocations will only go through if a party presents a complete list of candidates and gets at least 5% of the vote.
