Luxembourg minister decries 'pathetic' EU stance on Juncker


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2014

BERLIN (Reuters) - The foreign minister of Luxembourg has accused EU leaders of caving in to British demands on the appointment of a new European Commission president, calling their tepid support for his countryman Jean-Claude Juncker "pathetic".

The minister, Jean Asselborn, told German radio that British Prime Minister David Cameron was refusing to accept the result of European Parliament elections, which saw the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) emerge as the strongest bloc.

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