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. - Times Online
I learned about these guys last year for my french project! I did think Grand Duke Henri was a good man at the time, but this is further proof.
Yeah, what a great guy for not letting vegetables get put out of their misery, and what a prince you are for praising a guy who oversteps his boundaries in the name of your religion.
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