We here at Twitchy don’t normally cover Luxembourg. Actually, we never cover Luxembourg, and generally speaking neither does anybody else. However, we nearly choked on our coffee when we started hearing that the country’s prime minister of 18 years, Jean-Claude Juncker, had resigned in the face of a spy scandal. Apparently, the microstate’s spies were bugging offices of politicians and buying cars for private use. (Juncker denies any wrongdoing.)
Of course, the question on everyone’s mind is …“Luxembourg has spies?”
How the heck does a nation with fewer people than Wyoming have an espionage service capable of bringing down a prime minister? It seems like a nice place and all, but seriously? What are they going to do, steal chocolate recipes from the Swiss?
Luxembourg has spies,who would have thought it
— Bob Hawkins (@salvatorRosa) July 10, 2013
@Berlaymonster @CraigWinneker @FMR_Brussels "Tinker, Banker, Cow, Spy" #luxembourgspies
— Paul Andrew James Dunne (@Shadician) July 10, 2013
You simply could not make up this Juncker story. Spies, used cars… in *Luxembourg*, epicentre of dullness (I thought) http://t.co/G42yLZhy60
— Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) July 10, 2013
Those pesky Belgians are not to be trusted! RT @MerliAless: @MatinaStevis @WSJ Luxembourg has spies? For what?
— Lorcan Roche Kelly (@LorcanRK) July 10, 2013
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@CraigWinneker @Berlaymonster @FMR_Brussels "From Kirchberg with Love" #luxembourgspies
— Todd Buell (@ToddBuell) July 10, 2013
Oh well, you learn something every day.
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