A monarchy in the heart of Europe is preparing for a generational change. Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henry will follow the throne as the head of the state in favor of his eldest son, Gilliom on Friday after 25 years. Henry has a large-scale formal role of his Cuba-born wife, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa as well as Grand Duke, as the government carried forward the country through troubles like the 2008 financial crisis, the biggest blow to Luxembourg’s economy since the 1970s.
Long and reserved 70 -year -old Henry was educated FranceSwitzerland and on United kingdomMilitary Academy Sandharst. His 43-year-old son followed a similar way-before he was able to go to school in London, Switzerland, France and Sandharst BelgianGerman and Spanish firm. She is married to Belgian -born Countse Stephanie de Lanoy; They have two sons, who are 5 and 2.
After his father, Gilum will be crushed at a ceremony at a ceremony at the Grand Dudel Palace, made of yellow stone and decorated with Spiers and Ironwork, and then the Constitution of Luxembourg will be sworn in before 60 elected members of the Chamber of Parliament of Dachi’s Parliament. After taking over from his father, Gilliom will visit a small nation about the size of the road island, and the Catholic notre-dem de Luxembourg will end with Sunday’s month with Jean-Cloud Holerich at Luxembourg Cathedral.
Europe’s heart
One of the smallest European Union countries and the richest per capita, Luxembourg is a financial power station that hosts the European Court’s Justice and European Investment Bank institutions such as European Union institutions. Grand Dachi is home to several banks of eurozone, rehabilitation companies and managers of hedge funds and money markets.
Its economy is strong, almost no unemployment. In the 17th and 19th centuries, now Cleved from France, Belgium and Germany, Chhota Nation is a parliamentary democracy that has similarity for the head of the state with the Grand Duke Charles At the United Kingdom or King Philip in Belgium. Broadly 700,000 citizens speak in public life, Luxembourg, a Germanic language and a mixture of French and German. There are widely spoken English and Portuguese. Many people fled to Luxembourg from Portugal during the dictatorship of Antonio Salazar in the 1960s.
When the modern monarchy was established, Gilliom would be the seventh grand duke of Luxembourg from 1890. Complex royal politics, as well as losses of important areas for centuries means Laxmberg is not a state. It is the world’s last remaining Grand Dachi.
Gilum for 21st century problems
Henry in his previous Christmas speech made further challenges for Giliom and Luxembourg.
“Climate change is probably the biggest challenge of the future, but geopolitical stress, war and economic upheaval also require reflection,” he said. Luxembourg is “a intersection of cultures” with strong traditions of democracy, freedom and human rights, saying that it is in the growing threat worldwide, defending multilateralism.
Grand Duke “stands above party politics,” Henry said. He said, “This does not mean, however, he cannot take a stand on the basic interests of the country and its citizens.”
Christoff Brule, a historian and professor at the University of Luxembourg, said that the status of the Grand Duke is central for protocol, such as to recognize ambassadors, “but it is not the Grand Duke that gives great inclination in political life, it is a government.”
Gilliom will have to help the government to bathe with the population of aging, the cost of housing, immigration, and the day -to -day workers from neighboring countries to promote traffic jams.
“Without French, German and Belgian workers, the country will not run,” Brule said. He said that tension between unions, corporations and government is increasing.
Gilliom would symbolically be the head of Luxembourg’s 1,000-person army, who was the founding member of NATO in view of the devastation of World War II. Luxembourg hosters an important logistics hub for military alliance.
It is a keen supporter of NATO today because Europe has an unstable relationship with grapes and the United States with Russian airspace violations on the Eastern Flance of Europe. Recently, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luke Freeden proposed to expand Dachi’s satellite capabilities within NATO.
Luxembourg recently also said in some other European countries that it would recognize a Palestinian state.
Amidst the upheaval at home and abroad, Brule said that Guelume would step into a very traditional role.
He said, “His margin of maneuver or the right to action is zero. So he has the only power that is then the power of speech or words. For the rest, the Grand Duke will remain a political symbol,” he said.
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Associated Press Journalist Mike contributed to this report in Netherlands at Mike Cadre Hague.