The president of the European Parliament has referred Luxembourg's only MEP, Fernand Kartheiser, to its conduct committee over his attendance at a Kremlin forum and a declaration urging restored ties with Russia.
On 19 May the European Parliament approved a new safeguard regime that cuts tariff-free steel imports by almost half and doubles the duty on the rest. ArcelorMittal, headquartered in Luxembourg, says the measure is already resetting the industry's outlook.
Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser has written to fellow MEPs inviting them to St Petersburg on 3 June 2026 to meet Russian State Duma deputies on the margins of Vladimir Putin's flagship forum, Politico reported on 7 May. The non-attached lawmaker, expelled from ECR in June 2025, says the trip is privately funded and aims at ministerial-level dialogue. Lithuanian Renew MEP Petras Auštrevičius called it "an open attempt to recruit" MEPs for Russia.