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A draft bill tabled in March to make the nursing profession more attractive has been sharply criticised by the OGBL and LCGB.

The Independent Luxembourg Trade Union Confederation (OGBL) and the Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (LCGB) have criticised a draft bill on the valorisation of nurses, arguing that it neither provides the necessary legal protection nor offers the expected professional perspectives.

In a press release issued on Tuesday, the unions responded to the bill, which was tabled in March by Health Minister Martine Deprez. While the legislation is intended to make the nursing profession more attractive and to enhance its status, the OGBL and LCGB claim that it falls short of an ambitious reform. Instead, they say, the bill largely restructures and rewords existing provisions.

The unions also criticised the draft for failing to establish a framework that would allow nurses to operate more autonomously. Despite nurses being a central pillar of Luxembourg's healthcare system, the proposed bill does not grant them the needed legal protection nor the professional prospects they expect, the unions argued.

Also today

• Speaking with RTL Radio today, the Independent Workers' Union has called for urgent reforms to give Luxembourg's freelancers and self-employed stronger social protection.
• Luxembourg has secured third place in the 2026 Remitly Immigration Index, placing it among the world's most attractive destinations for people looking to relocate.
• A man who was rescued from the Moselle River in Grevenmacher on Monday has died in hospital, despite efforts to revive him.
• A school minibus was struck by a passenger train with "extremely violent" impact in Belgium on Tuesday morning, with Belgian media and a minister reporting four fatalities.
• Spanish authorities have arrested ten people suspected of carrying out a string of violent robberies and ram raids across the island of Tenerife.
• Fresh US strikes on Iranian military targets have cast renewed doubt over Qatar-mediated peace talks, raising fears that efforts to end months of regional conflict could unravel.

On air

Everyone in the studio is getting excited about the visit of Antony Szmierek who will be joining Lucy on Thursday for an interview at 'Not a band... yet' to discuss his gig at the Rotonde that evening!

Figure of the day

Wiltz records 4,000 visitors at its annual Broom Festival

• Each year, Wiltz hosts a festival known as the Gënzefest ("Broom Festival"), which honours a yellow flower bush that grows on northern Luxembourg's hills. With around 4,000 visitors according to Mayor Patrick Comes, this year's edition was described as "a day like something out of a film".
• The mayor shows pride in the fact that the tradition has been maintained for so many years and that it has earned the town recognition throughout the country, and even beyond, with people returning to Wiltz every year.

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