The Congress adopted a recommendation on the situation of local democracy in Luxembourg on 21 October 2015, following a monitoring visit to the country by co-rapporteurs Dorin Chirtoacã (Moldova, EPP/CCE) and Marianne Hollinger (Switzerland, ILDG) from 3 to 5 March 2015. The debate took place in the presence of Dan Kersch, Luxembourg Minister of the Interior, Civil Service and Administrative Reform. 'Luxembourg is a perfect example of de facto and legal recognition of local self-government as laid down in the European Charter of Local Self-Government', said Marianne Hollinger. Dorin Chirtoacã pointed out, however, that it was necessary to clearly demarcate the powers of the State and the communes and relax state administrative supervision of the communes’ activities. He also stressed the need to provide the communes with enough of their own resources.
