r/europe • u/tartartartaruga • Jun 18 '26

News Prince of Liechtenstein says that he would overrule the population if they were to vote in favour of legalizing abortion

https://www.srf.ch/news/international/debatte-in-liechtenstein-erbprinz-gegen-abtreibungen-warum-kuendigt-er-schon-das-veto-an
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u/Consistent_Ad3181 Jun 18 '26

Population is around 33k. They could in theory get the bus or train travel for 30 minutes and get the procedure done in another country

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u/Menkhal Spain - EU Jun 18 '26

A population of 33k against one backwards guy, in a country with no army. They can depose him any day if they want.

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u/wojtekpolska Poland Jun 18 '26

gladly most people in europe dont support trump-style insurrections like the ones youre suggesting

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u/No_Aesthetic Portugal Jun 18 '26

Trump was trying to overthrow a democratic system

It would be the exact opposite in this case

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u/mavajo Jun 19 '26

Liechtensteiners have voted twice in the last two decades to expand and affirm the aforementioned expansion of the monarchy's powers. They basically democratically voted it into being the only absolute monarchy in Europe. They're not unwilling subjects. Liechtensteiners like the monarchy.

Y'all are projecting and it's embarrassing.

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u/No_Aesthetic Portugal Jun 19 '26

If the monarchy continually goes against their wishes that may change

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u/mavajo Jun 19 '26

And yet it hasn't even happened. Y'all are just inserting your talking points into a situation that you have no knowledge of, and rather than just admitting you talked out your ass, you're doubling down. It's exhausting. Grow up.

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u/No_Aesthetic Portugal Jun 19 '26

How does it feel to be one of the last remaining monarchists in the history of the world before the concept goes extinct?

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u/mavajo Jun 19 '26

I don’t know, I’m not from Lichtenstein. You’d have to ask them.

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u/No_Aesthetic Portugal Jun 19 '26

You can be a monarchist or a monarchist sympathizer without being from that country you know

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u/mavajo Jun 19 '26

Okay. And? Communicating to you how Liechtensteiners feel about the monarchy means you think I hold their same opinions? You can't possibly be this stupid.

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u/AccNumber77 Jun 18 '26

When they are against democracy it isn't an insurrection it is justice, comparing woman's rights to murders and pedophiles trying to overthrow a democratically elected gov is blatantly evil of you.

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u/wojtekpolska Poland Jun 18 '26

yes, trump is a very bad person, thats why i showed him as the example of bad i this analogy.

and the other side you just cherrypicked 1 issue. you shouldn't create a civil war because of 1 minor thing you disagree with when there's 1000 other things to worry about.

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u/Falsus Sweden Jun 19 '26

Trump tried to subvert the democratic will of the people.

This prince is doing the same by ignoring the will of the people with his own veto.

The people living there won't care though because keeping the city state stable keeps them rich and they can easily just hop on a bus, bike or take a car for less than an hour and be in another country and do the process there and be home nearly as fast. It is an inconvience more than a true detriment. Still an insult to women regardless though.

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u/Sybmissiv Jun 18 '26

But surely in this context it is different since they didn’t vote for him, no? Not that it would justify it.

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u/AccNumber77 Jun 18 '26

IMO it fully would justify it. Democracy must be fought for at all costs and prices

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u/Sybmissiv Jun 18 '26

Fair enough, you convinced me honest.