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The draft law on the promotion of the Luxembourgish language was unanimously approved in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday.

The law aims to provide the government with the necessary means and structures to implement their strategy on promoting Luxembourgish in the Grand-Duchy.

Members of Parliament have also adopted a motion asking the government to evaluate the action plan in five years.

Democratic Party (DP) MP Claude Lamberty is the rapporteur of the draft law.

The strategy was presented to the Chamber last year following parliamentary debates on the use of the Luxembourgish language provoked by two public petitions concerning about the language.

The main objective of the law is to promote the use of the Luxembourgish language on a daily basis, in a multilingual context.

The bill also foresees the creation of a "Commissioner for the Luxembourgish language" position and a centre for the Luxembourgish language.