EU Commission President Heckled Over Greek Referendum ‘Circus’ Comments

[Purveyor]

President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has been heckled by eurosceptic MEPs at the parliament in Strasbourg, as he spoke on the current Greek crisis calling the recent referendum a “circus” and the people’s vote “irrelevant.”

Ahead of the emergency euro summit in Brussels on Tuesday, the European Parliament held a session in Strasbourg on the pressing issue of the Greek crisis. Junker, a staunch critic of the current Greek government and its policies, delivered a speech saying that it was not clear what the Greeks voted on during the Sunday referendum as the question raised was not “legitimate.”

“The question that was put to the Greek people is about something that doesn’t exist. Could you explain to me what the question that was put was? Maybe that would be too much of a circus,” he said.

He explained that their ‘No’ vote was concerning the bailout program measures that expired five days ahead of the plebiscite. The deadline for paying the IMF loan of 1.6 million euros was set for July 1.

"It's not a 'No' to Europe, I'm told. It's not a 'No' to the euro, I'm told. It cannot be a 'No' to the proposals of the institutions, because they were not on the table," he added.

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[DetlefK]

1. The answer was No. But what was the question?