EU’s Juncker won’t quit in case of Brexit
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker will not step down if Britain votes to leave the EU in Thursday’s referendum, his spokesman said.
“The answer is no,” spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Wednesday when asked if, in the light of media reports about Juncker’s health, he would resign in the event of a “Brexit”.
He said Juncker had not played a more vocal role in the campaign because the Commission “was not and is not part of the campaign taking place in the UK”.
“It is an issue for the British people.”
The high stakes in Britain’s referendum have led to speculation about the fate of a series of political figures, not least British Prime Minister David Cameron, if Britain leaves the 28-nation union.
Former Luxembourg prime minister Juncker, 61, warned Britain on Tuesday that voting to leave the bloc would be “an act of self-harm”.
He insisted last week that the EU was not “in danger of death” if Britain departs, but that it would have to learn lessons.
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Of course not. He won’t step down. He has been living the good life. And if things got really bad, he’d move to wherever he desires – something which is not an option available to all those British citizens who lost their jobs due to open borders and globalization. Nor is it an option available to all those British citizens enduring the endless waves of questionable migrations from countries with dangerous religious ideology, something which Juncker has pushed and pushed and pushed upon the UK.
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