# 2008 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

## Incumbents

| Position | Incumbent |
| Grand Duke | Henri |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Jean Asselborn |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | Lucien Weiler |
| President of the Council of State | Alain Meyer |
| Mayor of Luxembourg City | Paul Helminger |

## Events
### January – March

* 24 January – The section of the A7 motorway between Lorentzweiler and Schoenfels opens.
* 1 April – A new terminal, the General Aviation Terminal, is opened at Luxembourg – Findel Airport by Lucien Lux.
* 15 February – Roger Molitor is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Pierre Mores, who resigned the previous September.
* 20 February – The Chamber of Deputies votes 30–26 in favour of the first reading of a bill legalising voluntary euthanasia in certain circumstances.

### April – June

* 25 April – A new terminal, Terminal A, is opened at Luxembourg – Findel Airport by Grand Duke Henri.
* 20 May – The 2007-08 season of the National Division finishes, with F91 Dudelange winning the title for a fourth successive season.
* 22 May – Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his fourteenth State of the Nation address.
* 24 May – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating FC Victoria Rosport 4–1 in the final, having relegated Rosport from the National Division the previous week.
* 8 June – The Netherlands' Joost Posthuma wins the 2008 Tour de Luxembourg.
* 17 June – Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands sign a new Benelux treaty.

### July – September

* 29 August – Office rental group Regus announces that it would move its headquarters from the United Kingdom to Luxembourg.
* 10 September – Luxembourg's national football team defeats Switzerland 2–1 to record their first competitive victory since 1995.
* 28 September – The governments of Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands agree to part-nationalise Fortis and recapitalise the bank with public money. Luxembourg's government injects €2.5bn, and receives 49% of Fortis's Luxembourg operations in return.
* 30 September – Dexia is part-nationalised by the governments of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Luxembourg loans Dexia €400m.

### October – December

* 6 October – The new 'Judiciary City' in Luxembourg City is officially inaugurated.
* 3 November – The National Literature Awards are held, with Carine Krecké winning first prize.
* 19 November – The national football team draws 1–1 with Belgium, three days before the Luxembourg Football Federation's hundredth anniversary.
* 2 December – Grand Duke Henri unexpectedly announces that he will not sign the pending euthanasia bill if it is passed by the Chamber of Deputies, creating a constitutional crisis.
* 9 December – Cyclist Fränk Schleck is cleared of doping charges.
* 11 December – The Chamber of Deputies votes 56 votes to none, with one abstention, to strip the Grand Duke of his right to withhold assent from legislation.
* 12 December – A Belgian court rules that the division of Fortis between the three Benelux governments cannot proceed.

## Deaths

* 29 January – Marcelle Lentz-Cornette, politician

## Footnotes

* ↑ Lansford, Tom (31 May 2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. p. 2010. ISBN 978-1-5443-8473-3.
* ↑ "Evolution du réseau autoroutier" (in French). Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
* ↑ "Inauguration du terminal d'aviation générale" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 1 February 2008. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
* ↑ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
* ↑ "Inauguration du nouveau terminal A de l'aéroport de Luxembourg" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 25 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.