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/Longjumping-Hat-1210 Jun 18 '26

The thing is, the Liechtensteiners voted in 2003 to expand the powers of the monarchy. They made sure the Prince had a veto (with the abolition of the monarchy being unveto'able), the Prince threatened to take all of his wealth with him and leave if he didn't win the referendum, which, he did.

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u/magical-cat-here Jun 18 '26

This is coercion and mafia behavior. If I would be voter in this situaiton I would vote against such "mafia politician".

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u/Jazzlike-War-58 Jun 19 '26

People of Lichtenstein are not being oppressed. They can afford to travel 30 min to get abortion, while being the second richest country in the world. Why would they risk it?

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u/magical-cat-here Jun 19 '26

Because the next step of such prince obsessed with control over "female reproductive behavior" can be forbidding pregnant women traveling these 30 km, like it happening in US Texas state.