Jean-Claude Juncker
Mark Coles profiles the man who will pull the strings during Brexit negotiations, the President of the European Commission. Jean-Claude Juncker.
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has been called 'the chief Eurocrat' by the British press and accused of looking to bully Britain during the Brexit negotiations. But what do we know about the man Theresa May has promised to be 'a bloody difficult woman' to?
One of the longest serving democratically elected leaders in the world, Juncker was Prime Minister of Luxembourg for eighteen years. A workaholic, with a famously informal greeting style that sometimes involves affectionately slapping world leaders, Juncker has developed a political reputation as a negotiator, skilled at finding compromises between two sides.
But in his spare time, he's a pinball wizard.
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- Sat 6 May 2017 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 7 May 2017 17:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
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