Jean Claude Junker - Fit for Purpose?

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It appears that some people think that Junker may not be fit for office! - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... overn.html
I have no issues with someone having a like for drink but there are so much at stake here (for the UK and EU) should he be in office?


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.
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.

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.'
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.

[Dominic]

A report in the spectator? That bastion of impartiality?

[ApusApus]

We really need a "yawn" emoji Dominic!


Shane