Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Europe’s longest-serving leader, was expected to call for early elections Thursday after his coalition collapsed in a scandal over misconduct within the tiny nation’s secret service. In a rare moment of political drama in usually uneventful Luxembourg, Mr Juncker told parliament on Wednesday he was stepping down after his junior coalition partners, the Socialists, introduced a motion calling for early elections. “I am calling a cabinet meeting at 10am local (0800 GMT) tomorrow and I will then head for the palace to propose to the Grand Duke to hold new elections,” Mr Juncker said after a highly emotional seven-hour debate.
