Juncker lashes out at EU’s ‘ungifted pragmatists’

Report of comments by Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup in an interview with Die Zeit, April 2012. EurActiv reported that in the interview Mr Juncker reaffirmed his plan to quit the Eurogroup job during 2012 and branded the current generation of European leaders as 'ungifted pragmatists'.

Deutsche Welle, 9.7.12: Wanted: Eurogroup president http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16080263,00.html

ESO: Background information: Rehn tipped as next Eurogroup chief http://www.europeansources.info/record/rehn-tipped-as-next-eurogroup-chief/

ESO: Background information: Schäuble at the Eurogroup: A career-crowning job http://www.europeansources.info/record/schauble-at-the-eurogroup-a-career-crowning-job/

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