Juncker Hands Fate to Luxembourg Ruler as Coalition Fails
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Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Union’s longest-serving head of government, placed his political fate in the hands of the country’s grand duke after his ruling coalition collapsed.
Juncker, 58, who has been Luxembourg’s premier since 1995, may face an early election in October after his coalition partner, the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party, defected during a marathon parliamentary hearing yesterday and called for the snap vote. The schism came after Juncker was implicated in a security service spying probe.