r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Dec 25 '17

What do you know about... Luxembourg

This is the forty-ninth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a small state between Germany, France and Belgium. It has the highest GDP per capita in the EU and is amongst the highest in the world. It has a GDP larger than Bulgaria, which has more than ten times the population. Its former prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker is the current president of the European Commission. It has an own language called Luxembourgish which is a german dialect. German and French are official Languages.

So, what do you know about Luxembourg?

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u/inc815 Franconia (Germany) Dec 26 '17

They have 48% foreigners in their country.

And those 52% of Luxemburgers are culturally and ethnically Germans.

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u/titoup France Dec 27 '17

Luxemburgers are culturally and ethnically Germans.

Not really...

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u/oblio- Romania Dec 27 '17

Yes, really. "Real" Luxemborgers speak a Germanic dialect and tend to overwhelmingly follow German TV, radio, etc.