Wednesday, July 08, 2015

EU Commission president heckled over Greek referendum comments

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.

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,” he said .... http://rt.com