Martine Hansen is early. In contrast to many other ministerial colleagues who are entrusted with the implementation of a European requirement into national law. The Minister of Agriculture invited people to the third “Agriculture Dësch” in Grevenmacher on Friday to talk to representatives of the sector about the new Luxembourg agricultural law. According to the EU requirement, this law must be in place by 2028. Which is why the minister prefers to begin preparations as early as spring 2026.
A lot is still unclear at the European level, said Hansen on Friday afternoon at the final press conference, “but it is not too early”. Especially when you consider that the average legislative process takes around a year, said the minister. And also when one considers the different challenges that the ministry and the representatives of Luxembourg farmers and winegrowers face. On the one hand, the European framework is more complicated than it used to be, says Hansen. On the other hand, there is less money. Because the EU has cut the subsidy budget for agriculture. “The requirements are not decreasing,” says the minister, “but the money we have available is.”
