I am happy to announce, that I have been elected to the Council of SILK, the Syndicat d’Intérêts Locaux Kirchberg, a non-profit organisation, working for the benefit of the residents of our beautiful Quartier. I will work, in the interest of all residents, to protect Kirchberg, and in a greater extent, the City of Luxembourg, protect our heritage, our old buildings, our shared past, and also ensure that the city we are building forward, is one that is welcoming, open and human.
Read the story and my remarks below
Forest.
Mr. Bento is my Portuguese grandfather. He was my neighbour for my entire childhood. Back when Kirchberg was still a village. He had flowers and vegetables in his garden, and rabbits in the shed. He taught me to eat sausage with bread, and to drink a little bit of Porto.
Growing up an immigrant in Luxembourg, you experience life, and family, differently. The spaces you share, the traditions you set up — everything is a little bit different.
The Portuguese community is one of the most welcoming, most loving and diverse in Luxembourg and my childhood and my life, has been shaped under the influence of Portuguese presence in Luxembourg.
A lot has changed since the days Mr. Bento used to be my neighbour, more buildings, more people, luxury flats in the place that his garden once stood…
This is why, today, I am happy to announce, that yesterday I was elected to the Council of SILK, the Syndicat d’Intérêts Locaux Kirchberg (SILK), a non-profit organisation, working for the benefit of the residents of our beautiful quartier. I will work, in the interest of all residents, to protect Kirchberg, and in a greater extent, the City of Luxembourg, protect our heritage, our old buildings, our shared past, and also ensure that the city we are building forward, is one that is welcoming, open and human, so that other kids, can find their immigrant family and their Mr. Bento.
My remarks during the latest SILK meeting: (in Luxembourgish and French)
Merci, à chacun d’entre vous, pour tout le travail que vous avez accompli jusqu’à présent, en tant que SILK.
Ech sinn an der rue de Kirchberg opgewuess, an ech sinn an d’Europaschoul gaang. Ech sinn och Architekt, an ech engagéieren mech an der Politik. well mir ëm eise Quartier këmmeren.
Ech wëll datt mir eng gutt Zukunft fir eise Quartier garantéieren. Ech verstinn firwat alles ännert, awer Ech wëll hëllefen, déi proposéiert PAPen unzepassen, fir datt mir all zesummen eng gutt Zukunft kënne genéissen.
Ech sinn Pro Vëlospisten, a besser Mobilitéit, a schützen eis Natur.
J’ai été très heureux d’entendre parler de certaines des propositions concernant l’école. Je suis heureux d’apprendre que nous avons retardé la destruction de la nature dans l’un des PAP proposés.
Cependant, nous devons encore analyser le projet Laangfur et le projet Kuebebierg. Nous devons continuer à nous demander, pour qui construisons-nous ? Que laissons-nous derrière nous ?
Notre ville est une ville à 70% d’habitants étrangers. Comment pouvons-nous en prendre soin, si la majorité de ses habitants ne se présentent pas à ces réunions, et quel avenir voulons-nous pour notre ville et notre quartier ?
Encore une fois, merci de m’avoir invité. je suis heureux, après tant d’années, de faire partie de cette communauté, plus activement.
Christos Floros 