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The government has finally agreed to extend the hospitality vouchers' validity date. Photo: Shutterstock 

The discussion has been ongoing for weeks. With the 50 hospitality vouchers distributed to Luxembourg residents as well as cross-border workers, expiring at the end of the month, but very limited opportunities to use them in light of the current restrictions, businesses and residents alike have been calling on the government to extend validity of the vouchers into the new year. 

Finally, on Thursday, parliament passed a motion by the CSV asking for an extension of the validity period of the vouchers until 31 May 2021. 

However, although minister of small and medium-sized businesses, Lex Delles (DP), stated that the government had agreed to extend the validity period of vouchers, he specified that the new expiration date would be 18 April 2021. 

Responding to a parliamentary question in October, Delles had said that only 9% of all vouchers had been redeemed at that point.