Last month at the European Union summit in Riga, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker dispensed with diplomatic protocol to greet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a puckish, “Hello, dictator!” — an open handed salute, and a slap on the cheek.
It was all in good fun for Juncker, the longtime prime minister of Luxembourg, who also teased Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not wearing a tie and patted the ample belly of Karl-Heinz Lambertz, leader of Belgium’s German-speaking community. Orbán smiled broadly at Juncker’s greeting and reportedly called him “Grand Duke,” a reference to Luxembourg’s constitutional monarch.
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Source: European Voice
