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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: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 9
Former Prime Minister Of Luxembourg
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God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.
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Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.
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It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.
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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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I like Macron a lot and I very much welcome him - particularly the fact that he made Europe one of the main topics of the election debate.
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You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries.
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I don't think in national categories. For me it [policy] is about concepts and substance.
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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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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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I put my money on Brexit. The EU Financial Stability Commissioner, Jonathan Hill from Britain, still owes me a pound.
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It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.
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The position of EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs could be combined with the office of Euro Group chairman. That job would be a great challenge for anyone who assumed it. On the one hand, he would have to make proposals. On the other hand, he would have to negotiate compromises with his European counterparts.
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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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Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.
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