๐๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด!๐๏ธ
If Luxembourg ever had a mastermind behind its โ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ energy, it was ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผโจ He wasnโt just Luxembourgโs Prime Minister โ he was the guy who turned the Grand Duchy into a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ช๐บ From brokering the ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ (because who doesnโt love a good political cliffhanger?) to building Kirchbergโs European Quarter, Werner made sure Luxembourg wasnโt just on the map โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
When Belgium๐ง๐ช randomly devalued its currency in โ82 ๐ณ, Werner didnโt panic โ he built ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ for its future ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ. And while everyone else was still thinking โbanks and steel,โ he was already dreaming ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ and a ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฐ The result? A Luxembourg so ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ it ended up helping invent the euro.
Oh, and in his โspareโ time, he also gave Luxembourg its ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, a national culture fund, and a new generation of leaders (๐ hello, young Juncker!).
Pierre Werner: part economist, part visionary, part secret agent of Europeโs rise.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
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๐๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด!๐๏ธ
If Luxembourg ever had a mastermind behind its โ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ energy, it was ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผโจ He wasnโt just Luxembourgโs Prime Minister โ he was the guy who turned the Grand Duchy into a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ช๐บ From brokering the ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ (because who doesnโt love a good political cliffhanger?) to building Kirchbergโs European Quarter, Werner made sure Luxembourg wasnโt just on the map โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
When Belgium๐ง๐ช randomly devalued its currency in โ82 ๐ณ, Werner didnโt panic โ he built ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ for its future ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ. And while everyone else was still thinking โbanks and steel,โ he was already dreaming ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ and a ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฐ The result? A Luxembourg so ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ it ended up helping invent the euro.
Oh, and in his โspareโ time, he also gave Luxembourg its ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, a national culture fund, and a new generation of leaders (๐ hello, young Juncker!).
Pierre Werner: part economist, part visionary, part secret agent of Europeโs rise.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
๐๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด!๐๏ธ
If Luxembourg ever had a mastermind behind its โ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ energy, it was ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผโจ He wasnโt just Luxembourgโs Prime Minister โ he was the guy who turned the Grand Duchy into a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ช๐บ From brokering the ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ (because who doesnโt love a good political cliffhanger?) to building Kirchbergโs European Quarter, Werner made sure Luxembourg wasnโt just on the map โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
When Belgium๐ง๐ช randomly devalued its currency in โ82 ๐ณ, Werner didnโt panic โ he built ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ for its future ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ. And while everyone else was still thinking โbanks and steel,โ he was already dreaming ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ and a ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฐ The result? A Luxembourg so ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ it ended up helping invent the euro.
Oh, and in his โspareโ time, he also gave Luxembourg its ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, a national culture fund, and a new generation of leaders (๐ hello, young Juncker!).
Pierre Werner: part economist, part visionary, part secret agent of Europeโs rise.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐น - ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ
Born in France๐ซ๐ท๐ฅ (but, plot twist, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฑ๐บ), he studied law and politics in ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐, rubbed shoulders with ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, and somehow managed to be ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ during WWII. Think ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ, but with spreadsheets and economic blueprints instead of martinis and Aston Martins.
Later, he became Luxembourgโs ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ twice, because once clearly wasnโt enough โ and went on to sketch out the blueprint for ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒโ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Ever used euros? Youโve got Pierre to thank.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
๐โโ๏ธ๐ฑ๐บ When Paris hosted ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ข๐น๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฌ๐ฌ, nobody expected a ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ด (well, technically living in Paris, but letโs not ruin the story) to literally outrun history. Meet ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ, the ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ who unknowingly sparked a century-long identity crisis.
On a ๐ฏ๐ฑยฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ป, dodging horse carts, trams, and cows through chaotic Paris streets, Michel blazed to gold in 2h59m45s โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ข๐น๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ด. The International Olympic Committee, however, later filed him under โFrenchโ thanks to, letโs say, creative paperwork.
Fun fact? His โcrimeโ was knowing Paris too wellโฆ from delivering bread๐ฅ๐
Some say ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ด, others say ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ขฬฒ โ we say ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
Voters in Colorado have approved Proposition MM, a ballot measure designed to raise additional funds for the stateโs โHealthy School Meals for Allโ program
The Vatican has taken a major step in reconciliation by preparing to return several dozen culturally significant artifacts to Indigenous communities in Canada
๐๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด!๐๏ธ
If Luxembourg ever had a mastermind behind its โ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ energy, it was ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผโจ He wasnโt just Luxembourgโs Prime Minister โ he was the guy who turned the Grand Duchy into a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ช๐บ From brokering the ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ (because who doesnโt love a good political cliffhanger?) to building Kirchbergโs European Quarter, Werner made sure Luxembourg wasnโt just on the map โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
When Belgium๐ง๐ช randomly devalued its currency in โ82 ๐ณ, Werner didnโt panic โ he built ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ for its future ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ. And while everyone else was still thinking โbanks and steel,โ he was already dreaming ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ and a ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฐ The result? A Luxembourg so ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ it ended up helping invent the euro.
Oh, and in his โspareโ time, he also gave Luxembourg its ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, a national culture fund, and a new generation of leaders (๐ hello, young Juncker!).
Pierre Werner: part economist, part visionary, part secret agent of Europeโs rise.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
