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May, Juncker aides in Twitter spat over Brexit dinner leaks

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BRUSSELS Oct 24, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Oct 24, 2017 12:00 am

The European Commission said yesterday it was the victim of a smear intended to disrupt Brexit negotiations after a newspaper report that its president Jean-Claude Juncker disparaged Theresa May's "despondent" demeanor over a dinner last week.

It was the second time in six months that a correspondent for Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), who is respected for his access to Juncker's entourage, has published an account of the EU chief executive's reactions after a dinner meeting with the British prime minister on Britain's EU withdrawal.

Sunday's story, which painted an unflattering picture of a British leader worn down by party in-fighting and "pleading" for help from the EU, sparked a Twitter spat between aides past and present to May and Juncker.After a summit last week at which EU leaders sought to build trust with May to try to speed up Brexit talks, Juncker's chief-of-staff denied an accusation levelled on Twitter by his former British counterpart in May's team that he was the source of the story -- as many suggested he was after a dinner in London in April.

Martin Selmayr called the FAZ story an attempt to "frame" him and to sour relations between Juncker and May.

Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told reporters: "Some people like to point at us to serve their own political agendas ... or even to undermine our own negotiating position. We would appreciate if these people would leave us alone. "We have lots of work and no time for gossip."

He declined to say who might wish the Commission ill but added that Juncker would "never have said something like this."

London was irritated that after a Downing Street dinner in April, the FAZ said Juncker told aides that he thought May was "in another galaxy" with her demands for EU favors from the European Union after Britain leaves in 2019. At the time, EU officials did not repudiate the main thrust of the report.

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