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'YOU'RE FINISHED JUNCKER' Livid Angela Merkel set to 'deal with' gloating Brussels chief
express.co.uk ^ | Nick Gutteridge

Posted on 07/05/2016 4:31:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

The fuming German chancellor is planning to wield the axe on the bungling bureaucrat, who is facing calls from across the continent to resign.

Senior ministers in Berlin have been dismayed by Mr Juncker's confrontational approach to Britain over the last fortnight and now believe he is "part of the problem".

Mrs Merkel is said to be particularly perturbed by the unpopular Commission president using the Brexit result to "gloat" and push for further EU integration.

Crowing interviews he has given trying to marginalise and provoke Britain have proved the final straw, and she has now decided to sack him within the next year.

Whilst the German supremo does not alone have the power to oust Mr Juncker from his position, losing her confidence would be a hammer blow and it is unlikely other states will seek to keep him in place.

In particular there is fury and bewilderment in Berlin at his decision to welcome Nicola Sturgeon to Brussels and then talk openly on German television encouraging Scottish and Northern Irish independence.

And Mrs Merkel, who is under intense pressure from industry chiefs to secure a free trade deal with Britain, has come to the conclusion that his poisonous presence could torpedo upcoming exit talks.

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To: RoosterRedux

Merkel: ‘I want that Fokker out of here!’


21 posted on 07/05/2016 5:24:07 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: skimbell

Actually.

That has an historical ring to it!


22 posted on 07/05/2016 5:24:42 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: RoosterRedux

That and with the falling Pound the British exports should go through the roof. More pie in the face for the EU snots.


23 posted on 07/05/2016 5:26:35 AM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Is the rule of law dead? We will soon know! Hillary for prision.....)
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To: RoosterRedux

There was probably still a chance for the BREXIT vote to be defeated IF PM Cameron had come away from his last meeting with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker with some concessions. However he, Juncker, was first reading the tea leaves that were showing elite efforts to stay in the EU AND he was very concerned that concessions to the UK would lead to concessions to everybody in the EU.

The fact of the matter is that no bureaucrat EVER wants to give up any power and Juncker thought he was dealing from strength. Oops!


24 posted on 07/05/2016 5:32:15 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: RoosterRedux; All

Posts BUMP!


25 posted on 07/05/2016 5:34:48 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: DesertRhino
How does the kraut get to fire an EU government figure?

They don't seem to understand that that's part of the problem with the EU.

26 posted on 07/05/2016 6:10:25 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: RoosterRedux

EU has become the 4th Reich.


27 posted on 07/05/2016 6:39:52 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: RoosterRedux

how do the boards of Bayer, BASF, Seimens, Mercedes, volkswagen, BMW and Thyssenkrupp feel on the matter?

They are what matters


28 posted on 07/05/2016 6:44:56 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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To: Zenjitsuman; All

You win the “Internet’s Dry but curiously effective Humor award!” Bravo sir or madame...Bravo!


29 posted on 07/05/2016 6:47:32 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (BEWARE THE ABORTION POLITICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!)
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To: DesertRhino

He who pays the piper, calls the tune.


30 posted on 07/05/2016 7:22:29 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: RoosterRedux

She is trying to deflect anger and blame from herself.

The person most directly responsible for Brexit is Angela Merkel with her insane immigration policies.

She is the one that should be ousted and given the boot.


31 posted on 07/05/2016 9:21:28 AM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: RoosterRedux

Angela Merkel: Night of the long knives


32 posted on 07/05/2016 10:31:03 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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