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What happens when politicians only plan until the next election? A look at the housing market, national debt, and the pension system shows that Luxembourg needs more than just crisis management. It needs institutions that also have future generations in mind.

Luxembourg is currently often described as a company, with Prime Minister Luc Frieden deliberately presenting himself as the pragmatic manager of a modern state. But who is actually planning beyond the next legislative period?

Luxembourg is one of the few countries that still has a AAA rating. But what use is a AAA rating if living and housing in your own country is increasingly becoming a question of survival?

Fuel prices are rising, and reflexively demands are being made again: The state should intervene, cap prices, ease the burden. As immediately as possible, as comprehensively as possible. Sounds caring. But on closer inspection, it is one thing above all: short-sighted. Let's take a look at the reality.

Hand on heart: we all love vacations. And we all love security. But recently, a trend seems to have emerged that dangerously blurs the boundaries between personal responsibility, corporate greed and state welfare. It's about the expectation that the state - in other words, all of us - will step in as a kind of "free comprehensive insurance" if your…

Luxembourg and the districts of Arlon and Bastogne share a closely linked history. This shared history must once again become a force for shaping the future.

It is well known that the Luxembourg pension system is facing various challenges, particularly with regard to demographic developments and the future of social security.