A cartoon of a smoking and drinking Jean-Claude Juncker as published in The Independent.
The newly appointed president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker “has cognac for breakfast”, claim sources among European Union officials, quoted by The Independent. The Luxembourger, 59, recently became famous not only for his high position, but also for his alleged heavy drinking and smoking.
The habits of Mr Juncker disturb senior EU diplomats. Some claim to have seen him drinking during meetings of the finance ministers of the Union or getting smashed at official lunches and dinners. Nevertheless, the new president of EU’s executive body retain his sound judgement even while drinking, according to Union officials quoted by Financial Times.
Mr Juncker denies all allegations that he is a fan of alcohol. A weird thing to do, having in mind that former UK prime minister Winston Churchill, who dreamed of united Europe like Mr Juncker, loved booze and openly showed it. Indeed, many historical personalities have proven that great amounts of alcohol make great visionaries.
It is worth mentioning that most of the information about Mr Juncker’s passion for booze comes from UK media – the country of Prime Minister David Cameron, who opposed the appointment of the Luxembourger. Whatever the truth is, we won’t mind Europe being directed to a more drunken future.
Nikolay Nikolov
Lords of the Drinks 
Lol. The UK Press where it popular is popular to get steamed at the local pup is suddenly getting puritanical? Well, I will drink to even that! Landlord fill the boat until it doth run-over! ^^~~~~
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Hahaha indeed… When did they develop these pansy morals?!
Cheers mate!
Micky
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now u & i need to sit & share a pint or three! 🙂
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I believe we should sir! 😀
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i am california. but i try to divide my time between holland & france. where r u? also u might enjoy my thread ‘celebrating wine.’ ^^~~~~
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Tilburg, it’s the 6th city of Holland. A bit in the south. 🙂
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spreek uw nederlands? ik vindt het heel leuk! ik woon al tien jaar in Haarlem, weet je wel! ik hou van het Nederlands heel veel! mijn nederlands ist niet zo slechts voor een buitenlander!
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Hahaha zeker niet slecht. Haarlem is ook een mooie stad. Als je zin hebt, kom maar een keer naar Tilburg. Drinken we een paar biertjes!
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you are on! i actually prefer south holland to calvinistic north holland. i ran a boutique hotel on the rembrantplein in amsterdam for abt 5 years. luv amsterdam but paris more!
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let us hope it will happen! enjoy your blog! i tell people i am undutchably unamerican! if i could find work again in holland, i would never return to the USA: too many Red-Neck Fundamentalists here! marc
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hahaha well you are most welcome here mate.
Cheers,
Micky
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u need to follow la brujitaa! dit meisje heeft zalig vuur volgens mij! 🙂 die licorne und die meisje, ja hoor! ik zei je snel weer!
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