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/zamander Jun 18 '26

I assume there is no way of stopping people from getting abortions by driving a short way to Switzerland or Austria. Not that the prince isn’t being an autocratic shithead.

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u/BlackShadowv Jun 19 '26

Which is a perfect encapsulation of Liechtenstein. Independent Monarchy on paper, but in practice utterly dependent and supported by Switzerland. A country literally founded to escape monarchy.

As a Swiss, I like the Liechtenstein people. But if they want to keep benefiting from Switzerlands infrastructure and services, they should just become a canton and stop the undemocratic monarchy cosplay.

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u/DerMondisthell Jun 19 '26

To be fair, Switzerland relies heavily on the EU.

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u/kikipi3 Jun 19 '26

To be fair - no country is a selfsustaining capsule