Thuringia’s Premier Bodo Ramelow and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel – Picture by TSK, Jacob Schröter.
4-6 February 2018, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg- Upon the invitation of the Luxembourgian Prime Minister, H.E. Mr. Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Media and Culture, the head of government of the German Bundesland of Thuringia, H.E. Mr. Bodo Ramelow, paid a visit of three days to Luxembourg.
Bodo Ramelow, was welcomed by his Luxembourgish counterpart Xavier Bettel but also by the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Mars Di Bartolomeo, in order to discuss general ties vis-à-vis Germany yet with more focus on relations with the Free State of Thuringia.
Because Premier Ramelow was in the Grand Duchy to open the exhibit “Luxembourgians in the police of the National Socialist State“, a lot of focus was given to Thuringia, which is the homeland of Weimar, Jena, Schiller and Goethe. The exhibit is a cooperation between the Museum of the Grand Ducal Police as well as the Regional Archives of Thuringia.
Further topics of discussion were the intensification of research and high-tech cooperation between institutions in Luxembourg and Thuringia.
Premier Ramelow is premier of Thuringia since 5 December 2014, and heads the only government head by The Left party within the German federation.
For further information:
Premier of Thüringen, Bodo Ramelow: http://www.bodo-ramelow.de/politik/aktuell/post/2018/02/12/grosses-kleines-land-ein-besuch-in-luxemburg/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_Ramelow
German Embassy to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (HE Ambassador Dr. Heinrich Kreft): http://www.luxemburg.diplo.de/Vertretung/luxemburg/de/06-Deutsches-Leben-in-Luxemburg/DeutscherVereinVortrag.html
Luxembourgian Embassy to Germany (HE Ambassador Jean Graff): http://berlin.mae.lu/ge/Aktuelles-aus-Politik-und-Wirtschaft/Thueringens-Ministerpraesident-Bodo-Ramelow-auf-Einladung-von-Premierminister-Xavier-Bettel-vom-4.-bis-6.-Februar-2018-in-Luxemburg
