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My main concern is to protect people from detriment.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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Jean-Claude Juncker
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 9
Former Prime Minister Of Luxembourg
Lawyer
Politician
Detriment
Main
Concern
Protect
People

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God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.
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Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.
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From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.
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I'm always quite amazed that people in Europe become unnerved when two institutions or two people have different views.
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But anyone who believes that the eternal issue of war and peace in Europe has been permanently laid to rest could be making a monumental error. The demons haven't been banished they are merely sleeping, as the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo have shown us.
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