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chrcoluk · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:03

I dont know if he is a good pick, I just checked if he was elected and he was. It took me 30 seconds. instead of listening to dribble from remainer's "unelected , unelected".

darkgen · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:08

Does it not beg a scrutiny of the wisdom, intelligence and validity of the individuals who thought he was? The heads of each European state?

Roar87 · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:13

darkgen said:
Do you think he was a good pick? A good head of state for the largest political bloc on the planet?

He left law school and immediately got a job as a Parliamentary Secretary, he has never worked a day in business or achieved anything outside of Politics. Classic EU Politician.

darkgen · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:24

Roar87 said:
He left law school and immediately got a job as a Parliamentary Secretary, he has never worked a day in business or achieved anything outside of Politics. Classic EU Politician.

Yet the majority of each head of the European states proposed and nominated him for an election proposition to the European Parliament. Who's accountable? I suggest the populace, then and now; the locals made Juncker the Prime minister of the then biggest tax haven in Europe, Luxembourg.

Roar87 · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:32

darkgen said:
Yet the majority of each head of the European states proposed and nominated him for an election proposition to the European Parliament. Who's accountable? I suggest the populace, then and now; the locals they made Juncker the Prime minister of the then biggest tax haven in Europe, Luxembourg. What a guy.

These positions just need to be elected directly by the populace, with parties putting forward their nomination. Although with that said we won't be funding his salary, accommodation and "house hold expenses" for much longer.

Rannoch · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:32

Maybe we can bribe the old drunk with a few bottles and save 39 billion.

wesley · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:39

That is a typical of wet brain behaviour.

No idea how he's still is the EU president. Bizarre

VincentHanna · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:00

Roar87 said:
These positions just need to be elected directly by the populace, with parties putting forward their nomination. Although with that said we won't be funding his salary, accommodation and "house hold expenses" for much longer.

You want the citizens (512 million) of 28 different countries to vote who should lead the EU? Yeah, can't see any flaw in that plan...

Roar87 · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:04

VincentHanna said:
You want the citizens (512 million) of 28 different countries to vote who should lead the EU? Yeah, can't see any flaw in that plan...

Well since America has 50 states and 350 million people I'd say it's doable? If the EU has out grown direct Democracy though, perhaps we should go to, I don't know, individual nation states?

VincentHanna · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:05

You can't see the most obvious flaw then.

Every country would want their own representative leading...

Roar87 · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:11

VincentHanna said:
You can't see the most obvious flaw then.

Every country would want their own representative leading...

Countries don't have a representative, it's a party system, plus in the UK we've had Scottish PM's even though Scotland has way fewer people. I feel like people have an issue with Democracy which is deeply concerning and screams to me a lack of knowledge of history.

stockhausen · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:15

Wasn't Junker the manufacturer of German war planes back in the 30s and early 40s?

Malevolence · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:17

stockhausen said:
Wasn't Junker the manufacturer of German war planes back in the 30s and early 40s?

That was Junkers, but this guy's name is Juncker.

chrcoluk · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:34

It used to be rotated every 6 months prior to 2009. Blair was EU president multiple times e.g.

dowie · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:36

chrcoluk said:
It used to be rotated every 6 months prior to 2009. Blair was EU president multiple times e.g.

You're getting yourself rather confused here, in your previous post you attributed a claim to me that I didn't make (Junker being unelected) and now in this post you've confused the President of the European Commission (the post Junker holds) with the President of the European Council (the post Blair held).

chrcoluk · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:38

If I made a mistake I put my hands up to it.

dowie · 14 Dec 2018 at 20:40

Fair enough (it is Donald Tusk that currently holds the post Blair did btw...)

Nasher · 14 Dec 2018 at 21:26

The EU is practically run by an old drunk guy.

Can you imagine if Trump did this, it would be all over the news for weeks with hair rape allegations.

chroniclard · 14 Dec 2018 at 22:05

So much stupid on first page.

chrcoluk · 14 Dec 2018 at 22:31

Ok guys for what its worth he does come across a bit crazy. With the hair stuff.

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