Welfring on Wednesday was nominated by déi Gréng to succeed Carole Dieschbourg who resigned from office at the end of last week.

Dieschbourg after the Luxembourg public prosecutor forwarded a preliminary investigation to the Chamber of Deputies. The minister was accused of favouritism after granting a building permit Green party colleague Roberto Traversini for a garden shed in a nature protected zone after works had already begun.

Dieschbourg has denied any wrongdoing, but only the Chamber of Deputies can investigate a member of government. The environment minister had stepped down to avoid parliament from becoming weighed down with the investigation, thinking she could be heard as a regular citizen by the public prosecutor.

However, a legal opinion concluded that the chamber should still lead the investigation as it dates to Dieschbourg’s time in office.

is set to be confirmed at a party congress by déi Gréng on Saturday. A senior civil servant within the environment ministry, Welfring was not a member of the party prior to her nomination.

This was also the case for finance minister Yuriko Backes, who joined the DP before succeeding Pierre Gramegna (DP) at the start of the year.

The grand duke on Monday 2 May at 10am is set to swear in the new member of prime minister Xavier Bettel’s (DP) cabinet unless any hiccups occur during the weekend vote.