
Luxembourg: Poverty in Europe's Wealthiest Country
Luxembourg has the highest per capita GDP in the world, a financial hub packed with shell companies and the seat of the European Court of Justice. This film looks at what sits underneath that wealth. Alexandra Oxacelay runs the soup kitchen and shelter network Stëmm vun der Strooss, where she describes rising demand from both homeless residents and the "working poor." Stephan, from Hungary, has lived in a tent for seven years, including through winter. Serge Kappel, dealing with chronic back pain, can't find an apartment he can afford as rents climb. Researcher Antoine Paccoud connects the housing crunch to real estate speculation and underfunded social housing. The film also lets the politics of the issue surface directly: Yannick Wirtz, unemployed, blames immigration and wants tighter restrictions, while Oxacelay insists her NGO won't turn anyone away. DW's camera moves between soup kitchen lines and the office towers a few streets over, letting the contrast make its own argument.