The president of the European Commission on Thursday expressed “regret” over Martin Schulz’s decision to swap Brussels for Berlin.
Jean-Claude Juncker described Schulz, who in the early hours of Thursday told POLITICO he will step down as European Parliament president and seek election to the German parliament, as a “convinced and convincing European,” adding that Schulz was “still going to be useful to us in Berlin.”
Juncker was speaking alongside European Council President Donald Tusk and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a news conference following an EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels.
Tusk described his time working with Schulz as “exciting and excellent.” He said …read more
Source: European Voice
