Ms Stéphanie WEYDERT

Speeches since 2019

22/04/2026 | 17:21:58 Madam President, Dear colleagues, The last death sentence for an ordinary crime was executed in Luxembourg on 7 August 1948. That was one year before the Council of Europe was founded, of which Luxembourg was one of its founding members. It took, however, more than thirty years for the Luxembourg law to catch up. In 1979, Luxembourg made a decisive choice: that the state must never take life as a punishment. Today, that principle is firmly anchored in our constitution. Beyond Luxembourg, it...