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Dear
10News readers
Jean-Claude
Juncker, is not a fan of democracy or truth. This is probably why he
was chosen to be president of the EU.
Translated
from BT (article
is from 2014 – Juncker for sure made many more controversial statements
since then):
“Juncker
about EU economic policy:
“I
am ready to be accused of not being democratic enough, but I want to be
serious. I’m for secret debates.”
About
Britain’s discussion of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty:
“Of
course there will be a transfer of sovereignty. But would it be wise to
draw people’s attention to it?”
In
the French referendum on the EU Constitution:
“If
it’s a yes, we say that we are on. If it is a no, we say that we
continue.”
About
the introduction of the euro:
“We
decide something, and then we wait quietly, and see what happens. If no
one responds, because most still do not understand what has been
decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.”
About
the euro-zone’s economic policy and democracy:
“We
all know what we should do. We just do not know how to get re-elected
once we have done it.”
“European
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is reported to be in an “EU
Depressed” mood following the failure of the continent’s migration
policy, and a potential break-up of the European Union under his tenure
following a Brexit vote according to Brussels insiders. …
Europe’s
Politico describes a Commission notionally led by Jean-Claude Juncker,
the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg often characterised as
‘Druncker’ for his famous love of alcohol as having lurched from crisis
to crisis with no clear direction. Now the president, despite his
planned grand-standing on Britain’s membership of the European Union is
described as having been “sidelined” within his own Commission,
“politically paralyzed”, and with worsening health.
Officials
close to Mr. Juncker report his optimism about the European Project to
be fading, as his mood “darkened”. One ‘senior EU official’ said: “He
is less and less positive about the EU and the abilities of the member
states in particular”.”
.UKIP’s Nigel Farage’s first speech
in the EU parliament after Brexit (its a joy).
Juncker walks free of tax scandal, the people who
exposed the crime are sent to prison for 12 months:
"Two former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employees, who were
instrumental in exposing controversial tax practices in Luxembourg in
2014, have been sentenced to jail after being found guilty of theft and
violation of Luxembourg's professional secrecy laws.
Antoine
Deltour and Raphael Halet received 12 and nine months sentences,
respectively, while a journalist who reported the leaks has been
acquitted by the Luxembourg court.
About
30,000 documents of the accountancy firm were leaked in November 2014
reportedly showing tax arrangements in the country that allegedly
helped companies including Apple, Ikea and Pepsi evade taxes. President
of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, who was the prime
minister of Luxembourg at the time, was also embroiled in the
scandal."
Juncker
helped Amazon with the taxes...:
"Amazon's
former head of tax has said the European Commission President Jean
Claude Juncker "helped solve problems" for the retail giant
when Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
Bob
Comfort said Juncker behaved like "a business partner" to the
company, comments which place the new president under further pressure.
"The
Luxembourg government presents itself as business partner, and I think
it's an accurate description: it helps to solve problems," Comfort
told Lëtzebuerger Land, a newspaper in Luxembourg.
Comfort
revealed the instrumental role Juncker had in bringing Amazon to the
Grand Duchy, outlining the cosy relationship enjoyed between Juncker
and Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO.
He
said: "We also met the Prime Minister once or twice. His message
was: 'If you have a problem that you think you cannot solve, return to
me. I will try to help you.' Jeff Bezos has met Jean-Claude Juncker few
years later, after the establishment of the seat. It was actually a
simple courtesy visit, but was told that Jeff was surprised by the lack
of formality and humour of the Prime Minister.
Comfort
admitted that "taxation has played a significant role" in the
relocation of Amazon to Luxembourg, but denied that it was the sole
factor."
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