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Watch: Juncker mocks May

Just last week Donald Tusk took to social media to claim that the EU’s offer to the UK a ‘Canada+++’ deal was a mark of respect. Only the EU council leader failed to find space in his tweet to make clear that this offer only applied to Great Britain – not Northern Ireland.

Now it’s Jean-Claude Juncker’s turn to show how he pays the UK respect. In a speech to the Committee of the Regions, the European Commission president appeared to do his best impression of Theresa May’s Dancing Queen turn at conference:

Stay classy Brussels.

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