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Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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Jean-Claude Juncker
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 9
Former Prime Minister Of Luxembourg
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Germany will continue to play a central - perhaps even a more important - role in the European Union. I think that we will all miss the pragmatic approach of the British, however, particularly in those long nights of negotiation.
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Trump knows that he is encountering a complete lack of understanding in Europe, but it's apparent that he's not very impressed by it. My experience, however, has been that American presidents take a greater interest in Europe over the course of their term.
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In politics, there are different categories of friendship. My friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, for example .
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I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue.
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I'm convinced that, in the long term, a monetary union includes a joint debt policy under strict, mutually agreed upon conditions.
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Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.
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The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.
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During our religious instruction in school, we always asked: How can one prove the existence of God? And I have learned that the Catholic Church, which is never at a loss for an answer when it comes to existential questions, responds as follows: This question simply does not arise.
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The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.
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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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For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.
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I have another explanation [of Brexit]: In its 43 years of EU membership, Britain has never been able to decide whether it wants to fully or only partially belong to the EU.
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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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There is a proposal to divide the currency zone into a north and a south euro. There is also the idea of setting up a core monetary union in the middle of Europe. I disapprove of these debates. Instead, we should devote all of our efforts to supplementing the monetary union with a political union.
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My main concern is to protect people from detriment.
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The Luxembourg financial centre is based on several pillars, we are characterised by the breadth of our product range, we are an active participant in the international credit business.
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My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics.
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We must also take this opportunity to learn from the situation [of Brexit], just as we learned from the refugee and debt crises.
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You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries.
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It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.
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