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The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

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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As a human being I am personally saddened, as I have a great deal of respect for the large number of British colleagues I have worked with over the years. That is why I personally invested countless hours, days and nights, in negotiating a fair deal for the United Kingdom.
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We can't completely rely on the aberrations of history to explain today's European necessities. Future-related issues are no less pressing.
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I have a plan. It entails leading to a fair deal and relationship with the British. We will be reasonable, but we will also negotiate firmly and without gullibility. I believe we must come to an agreement for the people of Britain and the people on the Continent, but not under exclusively British terms.
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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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I would have thought that they [Boris Johnson and Nigel Farag] would have had a plan,instead of developing a plan they are leaving the boat.
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Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.
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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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When the going gets tough, you have to lie.
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I assumed office to bring the EU to a point from which there is no going back. Instead, I am having to unwind the EU to a certain extent.
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God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.
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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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Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.
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I prefer to concentrate on my task of leading Europe to the success that our citizens expect. We have to look forwards now because what is at stake is what makes Europe Europe.
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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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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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Since populists never miss an opportunity to create a lot of noise about anti-Europe stance. However, the repercussions of the British referendum could quickly put a stop to such crass rabble-rousing, as it should soon become clear that the UK was better off inside the EU - economically, socially and in foreign policy terms.
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It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.
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One shouldn't pursue the wrong policies just because one is afraid of not being reelected. Those who intend to govern have to take responsibility for their countries and for Europe as a whole. This means, if need be, that they have to pursue the right policies, even if many voters think they are the wrong ones.
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The way some German politicians have lashed out at Greece when the country fell into the crisis has left deep wounds there. I was just as shocked by the banners of protesters in Athens that showed the German chancellor in a Nazi uniform.
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I'm not deaf and the Commission isn't operating in a parallel world of legal texts.
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