Oh dear. Theresa May has had a wretched time at the EU Council summit – not helped by the face Jean-Claude Juncker appeared to take a personal swipe at the Prime Minister by calling her nebulous. The pair clashed this morning over the apparent comments.
Now the European Commission President has attempted to smooth things over. Only Mr S suspects he may have done the opposite. Asked in his press conference, what the pair said to one another when May confronted him, Juncker said they ‘were not dancing’ in reference to Theresa May’s ‘Dancing Queen’ days. He insisted he did not mean that May was ‘nebulous’ – the comment was directed at UK Parliament in general.
As for now? ‘She was kissing me,’ Juncker added, bizarrely.
We have treated Theresa May with "the greatest respect" during Brexit negotiations, Donald Tusk says, while Jean-Claude Juncker clarifies what he said to the PM earlier https://t.co/mpbgAIbkJH pic.twitter.com/J3abt3NYje
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) December 14, 2018
Still Steerpike would rather May’s treatment than the welcome this woman received:
#Juncker flips woman’s hair as leaders arrive for EC summit in #Brussels#EUCO pic.twitter.com/DzWTYABWZW
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) December 14, 2018
Mr S suspects Juncker is feeling rather merry today… must be the Christmas spirit.
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