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He also said he thought the EU's remaining 27 members could struggle to stay united as they negotiated with Britain over the terms of its exit from the EU.


"Do the Hungarians and the Poles want exactly the same thing as the Germans and the French? I have serious doubts," he said.



In other news the Pope has been confirmed as being Catholic,and it has been scientifically proven that bears do their daily business in the woods.


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He also said he thought the EU's remaining 27 members could struggle to stay united as they negotiated with Britain over the terms of its exit from the EU.

"Do the Hungarians and the Poles want exactly the same thing as the Germans and the French? I have serious doubts," he said.

In other news the Pope has been confirmed as being Catholic,and it has been scientifically proven that bears do their daily business in the woods.

 

 

You would have thought that he he might have considered whether the Hungarians and Poles wanted the same things as France and Germany before he pushed the closer integration measures through.

 

My money is on him standing down or being medically retired before the French general elections next month.

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You would have thought that he he might have considered whether the Hungarians and Poles wanted the same things as France and Germany before he pushed the closer integration measures through.

 

My money is on him standing down or being medically retired before the French general elections next month.

To be fair you predicted this week's ago, I may just want those lottery numbers if you wouldn't mind 😂
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He scoffed all of the cream now he's off to a warm tax haven....took long enough for common sense to filter through?

 

Not taking a bet against the UKP as his package would be enhanced........pigs and troughs?

 

He came from a tax haven:

 

 

Jean-Claude Juncker, 61, President of the European Commission

Salary: £245,629 plus a residential allowance of £36,844 and a monthly expense allowance of £1,135. Pension of £52,500 for life from age 65.

Background: Before becoming a president in 2014, Juncker was prime minister of Luxembourg for 18 years and it was there that he grew accustomed to the high life. Luxembourg may be the smallest country in the EU – with a population of 570,000 it is smaller than Glasgow – but it pays its PM more than anyone else: the current incumbent earns £224,000.

 

So basically the Prime Minister of Glasgow Luxembourg gets 2/3 the salary of Mr. President :hmm:

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One wonders if he knows something scandalous is soon to be exposed about him - such as fingers in the till etc.

 

That is already the case and has been ever since he gained the Presidency. He was implicated in huge financial scandals in Luxembourg. He was put in the EU position to act as a gatekeeper for French and German interests. Both these countries continue to break EU regulations, but Junckers ignores that.

 

When the PM of Holland asked him why he wouldn't take action over French fiscal breaches of policy he simply replied: "Because it is France!" He is largely a figurehead with no active role in the EU other than defending French and German interests. He hardly holds meetings and doesn't travel outside his comfort zone of France, Germany, Belgium and Holland.

 

Junckers came to the EU with a plan for closer integration backed up by stronger EU laws. Unfortunately for him the timing was wrong as many countries were realising the implications of being shackled to Brussels. Add to that the unpopular demands of accepting Turkey's application to the EU, distribution of refugees throughout EU countries and legal threats about EU countries acting unilaterally to defend their borders and you have a President who is not in touch with today's realities. He is a yesterday man.

 

Junckers has to go to save the EU. This has to be sooner rather than later as the Dutch, French and Germans hold general elections this year. He can't be seen to be ditched as everyone will think that it is a sign of panic after Brexit and so he will be eased out. The statement that he will not stand again is the start of that process. Things will pick up speed as the Dutch elections are next month and the French shortly after. Removal of Junckers would make the chances of the far right in each country less likely. And if he was still in place after the French elections and Le Pen was to be elected, she would push to remove him immediately and that would be the death knell for the EU.

 

In order to avoid a far right swing in Holland and France Junckers must go before the middle of March. They will quickly appoint an appeaser to try and head off the anti-EU voters.

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Junckers has to go to save the EU. This has to be sooner rather than later as the Dutch, French and Germans hold general elections this year. He can't be seen to be ditched as everyone will think that it is a sign of panic after Brexit and so he will be eased out. The statement that he will not stand again is the start of that process. Things will pick up speed as the Dutch elections are next month and the French shortly after. Removal of Junckers would make the chances of the far right in each country less likely. And if he was still in place after the French elections and Le Pen was to be elected, she would push to remove him immediately and that would be the death knell for the EU.

 

In order to avoid a far right swing in Holland and France Junckers must go before the middle of March. They will quickly appoint an appeaser to try and head off the anti-EU voters.

 

Excellent analysis ,I think youre on the money there .

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He could see the way it was going,but would not back off the silly rules that were being thought up by some office pencil pusher,He knows the end is coming and like all top of the tree wanabees

He is taking an early rerirement which will give top money while its still there..

He has already worked his booze money out,and is probably quite pleased with the way it has turned out,, I do not think for a minute all the other EU countries liked him anyway.

Good Riddance I say..

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That is already the case and has been ever since he gained the Presidency. He was implicated in huge financial scandals in Luxembourg. He was put in the EU position to act as a gatekeeper for French and German interests. Both these countries continue to break EU regulations, but Junckers ignores that.

 

When the PM of Holland asked him why he wouldn't take action over French fiscal breaches of policy he simply replied: "Because it is France!" He is largely a figurehead with no active role in the EU other than defending French and German interests. He hardly holds meetings and doesn't travel outside his comfort zone of France, Germany, Belgium and Holland.

 

Junckers came to the EU with a plan for closer integration backed up by stronger EU laws. Unfortunately for him the timing was wrong as many countries were realising the implications of being shackled to Brussels. Add to that the unpopular demands of accepting Turkey's application to the EU, distribution of refugees throughout EU countries and legal threats about EU countries acting unilaterally to defend their borders and you have a President who is not in touch with today's realities. He is a yesterday man.

 

Junckers has to go to save the EU. This has to be sooner rather than later as the Dutch, French and Germans hold general elections this year. He can't be seen to be ditched as everyone will think that it is a sign of panic after Brexit and so he will be eased out. The statement that he will not stand again is the start of that process. Things will pick up speed as the Dutch elections are next month and the French shortly after. Removal of Junckers would make the chances of the far right in each country less likely. And if he was still in place after the French elections and Le Pen was to be elected, she would push to remove him immediately and that would be the death knell for the EU.

 

In order to avoid a far right swing in Holland and France Junckers must go before the middle of March. They will quickly appoint an appeaser to try and head off the anti-EU voters.

That's very informative - thank you.

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For anybody wishing to get a view of what is going on in Brussels these are two articles that are worth taking the time to read:

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-juncker-taxavoidance-idUSKBN14Q1S4

 

 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-commission-president-juncker-under-fire-a-1098232.html

 

The first one outlines Junckers involvement in dodgy tax deals and suppressing investigations into this.

 

The second one gives an insight into Juncker's precarious standing in the EU. Here are three telling paragraphs from it:

 

 

He has been particularly independent when it comes to the Stability and Growth Pact, which was designed to ensure stable public finances in eurozone member states. Juncker has begun making comments in public that make it seem as though he believes the pact no longer applies. "Because it's France," he recently answered when asked at a meeting in Paris why he was allowing the country additional exceptions to the debt rules. Juncker added that he was intimately familiar with the French mentality.

 

 

In reaction to Juncker's behavior, a suggestion originally made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) last summer has gained new life. It is aimed at nothing less than the political disempowerment of Commission President Juncker. Schäuble would particularly like to absolve Juncker of his responsibility for overseeing the solidity of member-state finances. This could also apply to the legal supervision of the internal market and rules governing competition. Schäuble would like to see such tasks assigned to politically independent institutions, such as Germany's Bundeskartellamt, which is charged with protecting competition in the business sector.

 

 

A not insignificant number of people in Brussels believes that the success of the Brexit camp in the UK can partly be blamed on Juncker. Some conservative political leaders think that Juncker has unnecessarily given ammunition to the Brexiteers and has also strengthened Euroskepticism in Germany. "Jean-Claude Juncker's romanticism about Europe no longer works in the 21st century," says one high-ranking German conservative. If Brexit comes to pass, he says, Europe would need a new narrative. "I have my doubts that Juncker would be able to embody it."

 

Regards the fiscal rules: Greece, Spain, Portugal, France and Ireland have missed more targets than they have hit in the last ten years. Even Germany missed them in two years.

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I wonder how the general public of other EU states feel about the UK and Brexit?

 

A mixed reaction from what I've seen and heard. Some are sad to see us go, others are glad to see us depart. Some view us as being an example they can follow, others view us as a traitor to their project. Some think we're crazy, others think we're geniuses.

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