The government's broad tax reform will "neither be a major breakthrough nor satisfy voters", Fokus party president Marc Ruppert said on Saturday at the party's national congress.
According to Ruppert, it is a "pipe dream" to claim that the reform will only produce winners, as the government has suggested. Fokus is therefore proposing a future commission based on the Finnish model, aimed at looking further ahead rather than constantly focusing on short-term action.
The congress also saw changes to the party statutes, establishing that new members who have switched from another party should return their mandate to their former party.
Ruppert cited the example of Luc Majerus, who sat on Esch's municipal council for The Greens (déi gréng). When he joined Fokus, Ruppert said, Majerus returned his mandate to The Greens, "as is proper".
Other parties, however, do not do the same, he added. Fokus had written to them calling on them to follow this approach, but had not received a reply, according to Ruppert.
He described this as a dishonest political game, arguing that parties complain when they lose a seat through such changes, while failing to act any better themselves when the situation benefits them.
Other topics discussed at the party's national congress on Saturday included housing, with a vision extending to 2040, as well as the party's finances and management.
