Luxembourg had only received its recognition as a sovereign state, as a full member of the international community, in the course of the Second World War and at the cost of heavy sacrifice, which explains the government's reticence in renouncing part of its national prerogatives.
Luxembourg had only received its recognition as a sovereign state in the course of the Second World War and at the cost of heavy sacrifice. This was as a full member of the international community. Heavy sacrifice explains the government's reticence in. Heavy sacrifice is renouncing part of its national prerogatives.