EU Commission president Juncker at his speech in Florence 5 May
Despite warnings from Donald Tusk to him and May to tone it all down a bit it seems J-C has been on the happy juice early today.
During his speech in Florence he quipped:
"I will express myself in French because, slowly but surely, English is losing importance in Europe."
I'm not taking it personally. I'm not one of those Brits who insists everyone speaks English home or abroad but really, pass me a large needle to stitch up my splitting sides.
So what happens if Le Pen wins on Sunday and takes France out of the Eurozone ? I'm sure his German is fine too.
He also had this to say:
"Now growth in the EU is twice that in the US and I feel we can be reassured as far as the immediate future is concerned."And at that point - despite the success, despite the growth - our British friends decided to leave the EU, which is a tragedy"
We shouldn't under-estimate the importance of the decision made by the British people. It is no small event.
"Of course we will negotiate with our British friends in full transparency, but there should be no doubt whatsoever that it is not the EU which is abandoning the UK, it is the opposite - they are abandoning the EU.And this is a difference which will be felt over the next few years"
My heart bleeds.
