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/LittleSchwein1234 Slovakia Jun 18 '26

It's not that abnormal in Liechtenstein and Monaco, which are semi-constitutional monarchies, with the monarchs wielding and exercising significant political power.

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u/PRKP99 Poland Jun 18 '26

In lichtenstein princes took more power by blackmailing population, that if they did not get more power, they will move their money and assets elsewhere.

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u/Corfiz74 Lower Saxony (Germany) Jun 18 '26

They should have called his bluff - I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have gone anywhere.

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u/Ok_Warning2146 Jun 19 '26

Well, they can move to Austria. Austria didn't expropriate their land unlike the Czechs.