![]() Karl Habsburg-Lothringen supported his cousin's action: "The Habsburg law is absurd, there's nothing else to be said about it. In 2011, Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen successfully challenged the ban in court. The idea of the nation state belongs to the past century."Īfter the end of the first world war, members of the Habsburg family were forbidden by law from running for the Austrian presidency. The Africans think that Europe looks to the future, they admire the idea of a European court. ![]() Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, president of the Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield, dedicated to the protection of cultural goods in war zones, said: "I have been in Africa a lot and seen how they see Europe. The circumstances have changed, that's right, but we are working on the idea of a super-national legal structure and a subsidiarity principle." That's what Otto von Habsburg saw in Europe and what he wanted. The EU was the continuation of the old idea of a super-national empire by other means. ![]() "I am happy that Europe has developed in the way in which he had envisioned. But Habsburg-Lothringen argued that the vision pursued by his father, Otto von Habsburg, the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary, was more relevant than ever. Some historians argue the Habsburg empire's multi-ethnic central European policy had become outdated and was doomed for failure. When Germany did not withdraw from Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August. When Russia mobilised in support of its ally Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia, and then France, and invaded Belgium. Princip wanted Bosnia to become part of Serbia Austria issued Serbia with a series of demands which would force them to investigate the killing and crack down on anti-Austrian propaganda, demands that were mostly accepted by Serbia a month later Austria declared war on Serbia. "Maybe he also realised that the Serbs saw him as their main enemy," Habsburg-Lothringen said, "because he wanted to balance out, but essentially minimise, the dominating influence of the Serbs among the Slavic people." In addition, he had made several attempts to pacify the situation, which he was criticised for at the time, and he used family contacts to lead peace talks."Ĭharles I "clearly saw that a basic problem was the situation of the Slavic people within the Habsburg empire". But Habsburg-Lothringen said his grandfather, the last emperor, had only "inherited the war". If you had to blame someone, then the greatest blame would lie with nationalism itself," he said.Īustria-Hungary, an empire of 50 million people, and tsarist Russia had for decades pursued a policy of confrontation over influence in eastern Europe, leading to the 1912 Balkan war that anticipated the larger conflict. "Many were already in the starting blocks, waiting for the great conflict. He said he sympathised with the thesis that there was a readiness for war among all the leading European nations. "If you do that, you would have to take into account that there were already significant tensions, especially between Germany and Russia, who had already started to mobilise their troops along the borders." "It would be wrong to point the finger at one state," he said. Habsburg-Lothringen said he believed there was no need for his family to show remorse for the tragedy of the first world war "because that would mean we had been guilty in the first place, and that we would have to redeem ourselves for something". Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, son of Otto von Habsburg. ![]()
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