Petition for Referendum on Constitutional Reform Unsuccessful

On Thursday 7 April 2022, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel announced that a recent petition for a referendum on the proposed revision of the Constitution of Luxembourg has failed to garner the required number of signatures.

According to a press release issued by the Ministry of State, the verification of the results of the collection of signatures determined by each municipality showed that a total of 1,655 registrations had been received (all municipalities combined). Of these registrations, 1,652 were valid and three were void.

Since the total number of valid registrations was less than 25,000 signatures (the minimum amount required), the request of 2 February 2022 for the organisation of a referendum on the proposed revision of Chapters I, II, III, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII of the Constitution was unsuccessful.

The determination and observation of the result may be contested by any voter before the Administrative Court within five days of the date of publication of the results in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Memorial A, under penalty of foreclosure.