He will be remembered as ” to the leader of the far-right Lega Nord, Matteo Salvini, or as the minister who went in the summer, or as the minister who called for the physical elimination of Vladimir Putin before .

The former minister for foreign affairs, Jean Asselborn (LSAP), announced on 18 January 2024 on his Facebook page that he is retiring from political life after 40 years spent fighting every battle on every continent, as Radio 100.7 noted Thursday morning.

July would have marked 20 years of Asselborn holding the role of head of diplomacy. But Luxembourg’s national elections decided otherwise, after which the three-way coalition of DP-LSAP-Déi Gréng came to an end.

Ridiculed for the low profile of Luxembourg’s diplomacy on the world stage, Asselborn responded by saying that without little Luxembourg to get French leaders to talk to German leaders, the two largest countries in the European Union would probably have had difficulty talking to each other. This European Union in which he believes, as he has always believed, is the only way to face up to American and Chinese appetites.

Committed to welcoming and integrating refugees, during an interview with Delano marking one year since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, he said: “.”

In April, Asselborn will turn 75 years old.

This article was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.