Relationship dossier
Germany
Luxembourg
Relationship assessment
A close partnership rooted in cross-border cooperation and European integration
Germany toward Luxembourg
+75Germany participates with Luxembourg in bilateral cross-border cooperation arrangements and has worked with Luxembourg in European initiatives, including the Schengen Agreement. These sustained forms of cooperation support a close government relationship.
Luxembourg toward Germany
+75Luxembourg participates with Germany in bilateral cross-border cooperation arrangements and has worked with Germany in European initiatives, including the Schengen Agreement. These sustained forms of cooperation support a close government relationship.
Overall relationship
+80The bilateral relationship is characterized by close cross-border cooperation and deep involvement in shared European frameworks. The Schengen Agreement and bilateral arrangements provide durable structures for collaboration, supporting a close partnership between the two governments.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Germany and Luxembourg maintain a close, sustained partnership supported by extensive cross-border cooperation and shared European integration. Their governments have worked together through bilateral arrangements on cross-border issues, while both have participated in major European initiatives, including the Schengen Agreement. The relationship is also embedded in longstanding cooperation within European institutions.
Key developments
Germany and Luxembourg signed the Schengen Agreement, establishing a framework for cooperation on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders.
Germany and Luxembourg concluded a bilateral framework arrangement for cross-border cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral cross-border cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government cooperation outside European and regional frameworks is unclear.