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Juncker labels Britons as ‘part-time Europeans', calls Brexit ‘an inner British problem’

by Daily Sabah with Wires

ISTANBUL Sep 13, 2019 - 11:28 am GMT+3
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker chairs a weekly college meeting of the EU executive in Brussels, Belgium September 11, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker chairs a weekly college meeting of the EU executive in Brussels, Belgium September 11, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
by Daily Sabah with Wires Sep 13, 2019 11:28 am

Jean-Claude Juncker, the outgoing president of the European Commission, said Thursday that Britons were never really a aprt of the European Union and were only "part-time Europeans", asserting that the bloc "full-time Europeans".

Speaking to Euronews TV channel in an exclusive interview, Juncker said: "The British were told for more than 40 years that they were in but they didn't want to share all the policies that have been decided," in response to whether he thought Brexit was one of the biggest failures of his term.

"It is a tragedy and it is a failure but I have to say I don't think it is mine," the president said.

"I didn't decide to have this referendum," he added, labelling Brexit as "an inner British problem."

"The British from the very beginning were part-time Europeans, what we need is full-time Europeans," he said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been adamant that the U.K. must leave the European Union on October 31 — with or without a withdrawal agreement to smooth over the separation.

However, problems are mounting for Johnson, who finds himself increasingly boxed in on Brexit.

Johnson's government was forced Wednesday to release its no-deal Brexit contingency plans after a parliamentary vote.

The "Operation Yellowhammer" forecast released by the governemnt warned of possible civil unrest and shortages of food and medicines following a no-deal, in a "worst-case scenario".

In the meantime, parliament remains suspended.

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