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Luxembourg has the financial firepower to benefit from Brexit

June 23 gave Luxembourg an extra reason to celebrate this year. It is the national holiday, on which the Grand Duke’s official birthday is marked with fireworks, torchlight procession and a 21-gun salute. But it was also the day the UK electorate presented a big new opportunity to Luxembourg and its half a million inhabitants.

At the double: on the very day the Grand Duke reviewed his birthday parade, the UK was marching out of the EU
At the double: on the very day the Grand Duke reviewed his birthday parade, the UK was marching out of the EU Photo: Getty Images

June 23 gave Luxembourg an extra reason to celebrate this year. It is the national holiday, on which the Grand Duke’s official birthday is marked with fireworks, torchlight procession and a 21-gun salute. But it was also the day the UK electorate presented a big new opportunity to Luxembourg and its half a million inhabitants.

June 23 gave Luxembourg an extra reason to celebrate this year. It is the national holiday, on which the Grand Duke's official birthday is marked with fireworks, torchlight processions and a 21-gun salute. But it was also the day the UK electorate presented a big new opportunity to Luxembourg and its half a million inhabitants.

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