Luxembourg

Chamber of Deputies

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Law-making

Data on parliament’s law-making role and activities

Legislative activity

Number of laws adopted by parliament, per year
153
(2022)

Notes: Statistical data relating to parliamentary proceedings are collected by session rather than by calendar year. A session starts on the 2nd Tuesday of October of year n and ends on the 2nd Tuesday of October

Total number of laws adopted by Parliament in the previous legislature
773
(2023-10)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by parliament
31
(2023-10)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by the government
742
(2023-10)
Percentage of laws initiated by parliament in the previous legislature
4%
(2023-10)
Dates of the previous legislature
30 Oct 2018 to 24 Oct 2023
(2023-10)

Executive-legislative relations

Legislation adopted by parliament requires the assent of the Head of State
Yes

Sources:

Since the constitutional amendment of 12 March 2009, Article 34 of the Constitution no longer refers to the approval of an act (where ‘approval’ denotes the assent of the Grand Duke); instead, reference is only made to the promulgation of an act (the procedure by which the Grand Duke attests to the content of an act and orders its publication and implementation).

Article 46 of the Constitution mandates that the assent of the Chamber of Deputies is required for each law

Number of times the Head of State declined to give assent to legislation, per year
No information available
Consequences when the Head of State declines to give assent to legislation
Not applicable

Notes:

Since the amendments to the Constitution of 12 March 2009, article 34 no longer mentions legal assent (i.e., the consent of the Grand Duke), but simply the promulgation of the law (i.e., the act by which the Grand Duke notes the content of the law and orders its publication and implementation).

Article 46 of the Constitution mandates that the assent of the Chamber of Deputies is required for each law

Final decision when parliament and the Head of State do not agree
Not applicable

Existence of a procedure to introduce emergency legislation

No information available

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No