The CSL’s long-standing project--Improof.lu--was delayed by the pandemic but was finally launched on Thursday 12 January. The platform is meant to give internal CSL experts as well as external national and international contributors the opportunity to address key issues for the future of the country and to put forward their ideas and analyses.

With Improof.lu, the CSL wishes to contribute to the public and political debate in Luxembourg in order to help develop a fair and sustainable economy. “We want to give CSL lawyers and economists the opportunity to express their ideas and analyses freely. Moreover, the articles are signed in a personal capacity and do not commit the CSL to anything. It is also an opportunity to tackle subjects that are not on our agenda,” explains , director of the CSL.

Articles already online

In addition to CSL internal authors, Improof.lu will also host articles by external experts. “Again, with external contributors, the articles will not necessarily reflect the opinion of the CSL. The aim is to have an autonomous platform, both in terms of its operation and its content,” said Hoffmann.

It should be noted, however, that a coordination committee will be in charge of the platform. The ambition is to be able to publish a series of articles each month.

Online since Thursday 12 January, Improof.lu already offers several articles, including a zoom in on wealth inequalities in Luxembourg written by Dyla Theis, an economic advisor at the CSL. There is also an article on the question of a fairer taxation of capital in order to reduce inequalities, written by Guy Heintz, honorary director of the Administration des contributions directes (direct taxes).

This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.