RM> 05 Jul 2016 15:33, from David Rance -> Michiel van der Vlist:
DR>> It's reported by MSN that Angela Merkel is moving towards trying to DR>> remove Juncker as president. She seems to think that his inflexibility DR>> has caused this crisis - and she's probably right. Inflexibility is DR>> the antithesis of politics. Why do you think it's called politics?
RM> I disagree here wholeheartedly.
RM> From my point of view british politics caused it.
RM> Also I disagree about the inflexibility.
It was Juncker's inflexibility against the British that caused it. He never forgot that the UK tried to block his appointment as president.
RM> They heeded every blackmail that the UK threw at them.
Not true. The UK did not get its way on most things.
David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
