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    I'm not playing down areas in which the United Kingdom has been a real inspiration for Europe over the last 10 years Full Article at EUbusiness
    I'm not playing down areas in which the United Kingdom has been a real inspiration for Europe over the last 10 years
    Jean-Claude Juncker – Jean-Claude Juncker SOURCE: EUbusiness 1 month ago
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Luxembourg PM says interested by top EU job: media
  1. Europe should be represented by someone whose main concern would be to serve it, to strive for unity around virtuous compromise, and who would not try to represent it abroad without the guarantee of internal cohesion
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 1 month ago
  2. If I were called upon, I would have no reason to refuse to hear, on condition that there are ambitious ideas for the post backing it up
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 1 month ago

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