🇱🇺 Minister of Defence, Minister for Mobility & Public Works, Minister for Gender Equality & Diversity. Personal account.
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Haut an der Chamberkommissioun gouf d’Finanzéierungsgesetz fir den neie Campus zu Munneref presentéiert.
Den zukünftege Campus wäert modern Infrastrukture mat enger Gesamtkapazitéit fir 1.690 Schülerinnen a Schüler bidden
💰 Gesamtbudget: 210,6 Milliounen €
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Defence Minister @Yuriko_Backes received 🇺🇸 Ambassadors Matthew Whitaker @USAmbNATO & Stacey Feinberg @USEmbLuxembourg
Ahead of next month’s NATO Summit in Ankara they discussed priorities, defence spending, turning investments into capabilities & the role of the industrial base
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Jun 11
Great opportunity at the Transatlantic Defense Industry Access Forum to address representatives of the US & Luxembourg defense industrial base. The industry is key to meet our military capability targets.
Let us move forward, together. 🤝
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Jun 10
🇱🇹 Defence Minister @robertas_kaunas met with 🇱🇺 Luxembourg’s Defence Minister @Yuriko_Backes and signed a declaration to strengthen cooperation in space.
✅ The agreement includes €2.5 million from Luxembourg to support secure satellite communications for Lithuania.
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Ministers Robertas Kaunas and Yuriko Backes discussed European defence readiness, NATO, military support to Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, bilateral defence cooperation and the growing role of space in Defence.
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Collective security relies on strong partnerships - working visit of Minister of Defence of Lithuania @robertas_kaunas in Luxembourg.
Lithuania is a close Ally & trusted partner of Luxembourg. Currently, 7 🇱🇺 soldiers are part of the NATO Multinational Battlegroup in Lithuania.
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🇪🇺 Haut um Agenda vum Conseil vun den EU-Transportministeren:
🍃 D’Decarbonisatioun vum Transport
⚡ D’Entwécklung vun der Energiesituatioun am Transportsecteur
✈️ Aktuell legislativ Propositiounen, dorënner d‘Reglement iwwer d’Rechter vu Fluchpassagéierinnen a -passagéieren.
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Jun 8
🇧🇪🇳🇱🇱🇺 Benelux meeting in Luxembourg in the margins of the Transport Council of Ministers. Great to meet our new Dutch colleague @MinisterIenW. 🤝
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La ministre de la Mobilité 🇱🇺 Yuriko Backes a accueilli aujourd’hui son homologue 🇧🇪 Jean-Luc Crucke au #Luxembourg pour tester en conditions réelles les véhicules autonomes développés par Pony.ai
Pour en savoir plus: gouvernement.lu/fr/actualite…
🇱🇺🤝🇧🇪
📸©️MMTP
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🚘🇪🇺 Haut huet d’Ministesch @Yuriko_Backes en marge vum Conseil vun den EU-Transportministeren, zesumme mat 16 weidere Memberstaaten, d’Joint Declaration of Intent fir en europäescht grenziwwerschreidend Testfeld fir autonom Gefierer ënnerschriwwen ✍️
@gouv_lu
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Yuriko Backes retweeted
EU #Transport Ministers are meeting in Luxembourg 🇱🇺 today to discuss:
📌Regulation on clean corporate vehicles
📌🇪🇺cross-border initiative for autonomous vehicles
📌Decarbonisation efforts in the transport sector after 2030
Doorstep by @Yuriko_Backes⤵️
newsroom.consilium.europa.eu…
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Am Virfeld vum Conseil TTE, gouf haut eng Visitt vun der Ministesch mat hirem belschen Homolog Jean-Luc Crucke organiséiert. Zesummen hunn si sech d’Aktivitéite vun Ponyai ugekuckt, déi d’Autorisatioun kruten, fir wëssenschaftlech Testfaarte mat hiren autonomen Autoen ze maachen.
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Jun 6
🚌 🚋✨ Today we celebrated 100 years Luxembourg city bus and 150 years of public transport! 🥳
Going back in time here, in this vintage tramway.
But also resolutely planning the future of our mobility.
Luxembourg is the only country in the world with free public transport!
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D’Ministere @yurikobackes an @thill_eric haten haut Geleeënheet sech zesummen d’Konschtwierker vun der Public Art Experience II um Belval unzekucken.
@BelvalFonds @gouv_lu
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Yuriko Backes retweeted
Happy Pride! 🌈
#ルクセンブルク🇱🇺 ジェンダー平等・多様性大臣 @Yuriko_Backes よりTokyo Prideに向けてビデオメッセージをいただきました🏳️🌈
今週末はベルギー・オランダ・ルクセンブルクブースへぜひお立ち寄りください🤗
pride.tokyo/festival/booth/
@Tokyo_R_Pride #TeamEuropeJP #EU4LGBTIQ
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D’Ministesch @Yuriko_Backes huet haut an der zoustänneger Chamberkommissioun
➡️de Projet vum séieren Tram tëscht dem Süden an der Haaptstad
➡️an de Projet de loi zu der Extensioun vum Tram-Reseau iwwert d’Arelerstrooss
virgestallt.
@gouv_lu @ChambreLux @CorinneCahen
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World Bicycle Day Pressekonferenz mat der Ministesch @Yuriko_Backes an dem Minister @eric_thill 🚲
Um Programm:
✅Vëlosummer 2026
✅Neie “Knotenpunktsytem”
✅Ausbau vun der Vëlosinfrastruktur
@gouv_lu
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D’Ministesch @Yuriko_Backes an d’Buergermeeschtesch vun Iechternach Carole Hartmann an hier Ekippen hu gëschter am Kader vun enger Biergerversammlung dat neit Mobilitéitskonzept fir Iechternach souwéi d‘Revalorisatioun vum Stadkär virgestallt.
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Yuriko Backes retweeted
Look back at Pride events in Luxembourg🇱🇺 in 2025👀
Including celebrating 10 years since the full legalization of same-sex marriage🏳️🌈🫰
#TeamEuropeJP #EU4LGBTIQ
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Productive meeting with Faruk Kaymakcı, Ambassador of Türkiye to Luxembourg, ahead of the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara, 7-8 July 2026. We discussed ways of strengthening defence & defence industrial cooperation, as well as our shared priorities in mobility and connectivity.
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