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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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Germany
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When the going gets tough, you have to lie.
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For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.
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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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In the highest government office, you have to be ready to bow out at any time, otherwise you are not a free individual anymore.
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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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Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.
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Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.
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My main concern is to protect people from detriment.
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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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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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It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.
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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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I haven't yet given everything: I am still full of energy. But I wanted to make it clear that I don't have to make unwarranted concessions to national governments or to parliament. I want to avoid the impression that I am doing things just to ensure that I am re-elected. That's not the case. I have had my career.
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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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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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If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.
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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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