‘I’ll speak French as English is LOSING importance’ Juncker in outrageous SWIPE at Britain

Friday, May 5, 2017
By Paul Martin

JEAN-CLAUDE Juncker took another swipe at Brexit today as he said the English language is “losing importance” within Europe following Britain’s decision to leave.

By NICK GUTTERIDGE, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT
Express.co.uk
Fri, May 5, 2017

In an explosive start to a speech in Florence this morning the EU Commission chief was loudly applauded as he said he would deliver his remarks in French instead of English.

He was cheered by the europhile audience as he laid into Britain over the Brexit vote before beginning his keynote address to a State of the Union conference in the Italian city.

Mr Juncker, who is known for his repeated gaffes, made the inflammatory remarks just hours after fellow eurocrat Donald Tusk took the high road and called for a reining in of rhetoric on both sides.

The EU Commission chief began his speech by pointing out almost nobody speaks his native Luxembourgish, before saying: “I agitated between English and French but I will express myself in French.”

When the pro-EU audience erupted in loud applause, he continued that “slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe”, prompting another deafening ovation.

He concluded: “And in France we have elections on Sunday and I’d like them to understand what I’m saying about Europe and about nations.”

Later on in his speech Mr Juncker was, however, much more conciliatory about Brexit and described the UK’s decision to leave as a “tragedy”.

He accused Britain of “abandoning” the European project but also admitted that the bloc’s deficiencies played a part in people supporting Brexit.

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