Juncker On The Bottle Again.

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The article below must be lies because the European Union is an honourable system.
And... I have some unicorns for sale.

EU President Jean-Claude Juncker 'is a drunk who binges on GIN instead of water at meetings',

leaving his aide - nicknamed 'the monster' - running the Commission, shock new account claims.

*Jean-Claude Juncker spotted stumbling and in a wheelchair at NATO summit 
*Explosive new account suggests he binges on gin at meetings and is a drunk 
*Mr Juncker - one of the EU's most powerful men -  has denied he is an alcoholic

'The EU Council President is an alcoholic who binges on gin and leaves his ambitious but unelected
deputy to govern, according to explosive new claims.

Jean-Claude Juncker -one of the most powerful men in Brussels -has been spotted stumbling around
and unable to walk at the recent NATO summit. He has repeatedly denied claims that he is an alcoholic
and insisted that his sometimes shambolic appearance is down to chronic back pain known as sciatica.

But in an explosive new account, a Brussels insider says that he had heard the EU politician is 'a little too
fond of the bottle'. And Mr Juncker has left his ambitious and unelected chief civil servant Martin Selmayr
-dubbed 'the monster' -to run the Commission, it is claimed.


(Left) Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured sharing  a beer at the Bavarian parliament in June) has been accused
of enjoying the bottle too much.
(Right) Juncker is often pictured with a glass in his hand. He raises a toast to Angela Merkel in 2010.


Writing in The Spectator, Jean Quatremer -a French journalist who has covered the EU for years -says
Brussels is awash with talk of the President's out-of-control drinking. He wrote: 'Numerous people, in
Luxembourg, in Brussels and in European capitals, can attest to several examples of Juncker drinking.'

He said that one former minister told him: 'When a bailiff brings him a glass of water at a council of
ministers, we all know it's gin.' Mr Juncker was photographed stumbling, unable to climb the steps to the
podium and being pushed around in a wheelchair at last week's NATO summit in Brussels.

The meeting was a crunch showdown between Donald Trump and his defence partners -including many
in the EU -after the US President had threatened to tear up the defence and security alliance.
Mr Juncker, 63, insisted that he was not drunk -and blamed his appearance on his back pain.

In a scathing assessment of his account, The Spectator piece states: 'But the "sciatica" explanation
does not really stand up to scrutiny. 'It would suggest Juncker suffered agonising back pain, but he
did not seem to be in any discomfort. 

'The video shows him smiling, laughing, talking and kissing his partners as they helped him walk.'
It went on: 'The other explanation -and the assumption of a great many in Brussels -is Mr Juncker
is a bit too fond of the bottle. Which he constantly denies.'


An aide pours out a glass of red for Juncker as he attends an European
finance ministers meeting in Brussels in 2011.

At a 2015 summit in Riga in Latvia, Mr Juncker welcomed the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
with a shout of 'The dictator is coming!' and then a playful slap to the face, according to the account.
While the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel was greeted with a kiss on his bald head. 

Mr Quatremer says that while these antics have been put down to Mr Juncker's boisterous personality,
they raise serious questions about his health and suitability for office.

And he said that while the elected EU President looks unable to govern, Mr Selmayr  -who is dubbed
the monster because he can work at all hours and is known for his brutal tactics -has been quietly
taking over the reins of power.

He wrote: 'The deterioration of Juncker combined with the power of Selmayr indicates an unusual
set-up with the President as the puppet.  'Pull back the gin-soaked curtain and we may find the real
influence is wielded by Selmayr, an unelected and unaccountable Eurocrat.

'Mr Juncker's spokesman insists there is "no anxiety whatsoever about Juncker's ability to work hard,
as he always does".  Mr Juncker hit back at the reports of his drinking and denied the allegations when
speaking to reporters yesterday. 

Asked directly if alcohol played a role in his stumbling at NATO, he said: 'I'm really impressed by the
interest some people are taking in these not even marginal issues and I am asking for respect.'
He added: 'I had sciatica and moreover I had cramps in my legs' adding that he 'laughed at the
pettiness' of what was being said about him...'

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I'm paying for his tipple!