Editorial – Laws are slow to come, and families are paying the price
By Camille Frati, Lex Kleren Switch to French for original article
The Grand Duchy has an unfortunate tendency to postpone indefinitely the modernisation of its legislation which has been rendered obsolete by progress in society – and this is particularly true of the reform of filiation. That to the detriment of the well-being and fundamental rights of entire families. It is time for both the government and the Chamber of Deputies to put their foot on the accelerator.
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Luxembourg makes no secret of it: for a long time, its approach to the financial centre was simply to do nothing. There was no need to introduce attractive legislation; simply refraining from legislating whilst its neighbouring countries were adopting restrictive measures was enough to attract banks, professionals and investors in droves. As everyone knows, this strategy has paid off. Unfortunately, this same principle cannot be applied to other areas such as healthcare and fundamental rights. Yet here too, the Grand Duchy has regularly been guilty of a wait-and-see approach, or even deliberate inaction.
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