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From sun-sentinel.com/Associated Press; the change of the constitution & the Grand Duke's powers seems to have passed in parlament:
Complete article: Luxembourg lawmakers trim monarch's powers after he refused to sign euthanasia law -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Luxembourg lawmakers trim monarch's powers after he refused to sign euthanasia law
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Lawmakers on Thursday trimmed the powers of Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri, after the devoutly Roman Catholic monarch said he would not sign a euthanasia bill into law.
The 60-member legislature voted 56-0, with one abstention, to amend the constitution so that in the future Henri will no longer have to "approve" laws adopted by parliament.
The vote avoided a constitutional crisis and cleared the way for Henri to "promulgate" — or formally announce — the euthanasia and assisted-suicide bill after it gets its final legislative approval Dec. 18. As in other parliamentary monarchies, such royal assent is a formality but required for laws to take effect.
Complete article: Luxembourg lawmakers trim monarch's powers after he refused to sign euthanasia law -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com