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Juncker: “The European Parliament is ridiculous. Very ridiculous”

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Newsroom July 4 12:42

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker got angry at today’s (4 July) European Parliament plenary session reviewing the Maltese Presidency. Seeing the hemicycle almost empty, he called the parliament “ridiculous”.

European Parliament President Antonio Tajani retorted furiously, saying it is not the Commission that controls the Parliament, but the other way around.

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