A man with sashes like that can't be all bad.
Posted on 12/04/2008 3:26:01 PM PST by Ozob
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is to be stripped of his executive power to veto laws passed by parliament after threatening to block a Bill to allow euthanasia in the tiny state.
The hereditary sovereign, 53, who is the last Grand Duke in the world, caused a constitutional crisis when he gave notice that he objected to Luxembourg following its neighbours Belgium and the Netherlands in permitting euthanasia before a second-reading vote in the Chamber of Deputies next week.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the Prime Minister, also opposed the Bill but decided that the Grand Duke had overstepped the mark in threatening to deny the will of parliament.
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Say what you will about Luxembourg, they sure make a hell of a good cheese.
That would be preferred to making a hell of their country.
A man with sashes like that can't be all bad.
I thought it was cheese from Limbourg.
Er, why can’t he veto the laws stripping him of his power to veto laws?
Right, he should call up the army and take it to Parliament.
Is Grand Duke Henri reciting the Boy Scout pledge? Or what?
Nope Cub Scout, Boy Scout is three fingers up.
26-30 is an odd definition of 'consensus'.
This is typical Leftist BS, stripping the sovereign of the their right to veto for using the veto; then getting all self righteous about it.
Needs to hang a few MPS, and fire (preferably from a cannon) Ministers.
He’s more courageous than most of our spineless politicos and probably smarter and more cultured than most of them as well.
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