Jean-Claude Juncker is aware of the chatter, of the “Where’s Juncker?” speculation that goes on in after-hours gossip around Brussels, laced with not-so-nice innuendo that he may be treating the presidency of the European Union as a part-time job.
He doesn’t like it one bit.
“I am not attending cocktails. I am not attending embassy receptions. I am not doing that,” Juncker told POLITICO in an interview. “Sometimes I’m hearing these rumors… ‘The president is not there,’ but I’m here all day, even during bank holidays and even on Good Friday. I was the only one in the building on Good Friday, …read more
Source: European Voice