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Originally Posted by jonbxx
Population of EU = 508,191,116
Population of English speaking countries (UK, Ireland, Malta) = 70,165,229 or 13.8%
Population of English speaking countries after Brexit = 5,055,229 or 1.14%
Also, over 30x more Soviets died fighting Germany than British so should the EU cosy up to Russia more as a gesture of gratitude for what happened 70 years ago?
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Cosy up? Or just not go out of their way to offend like a playground brat? Bit of a difference methinks especially for someone at his level. Maybe you'd be equally happy had Juncker decided to say the Russia was increasingly irrelevant in Europe. I wouldn't because it'd be an equally insensitive and offensive remark. I'll leave the Russians to deal with that eventuality however and concentrate on the offence caused to the country I care about and the one people like Juncker have far more to be grateful for.
Much of former E Europe would probably disagree with you about being thankful to the Russians given how they chose to rule E Europe after the war. Bit of a difference between how they acted in their bit of Europe and the west did elsewhere don't you think.
Anyway if Juncker thinks the world's foremost language is irrelevant to the EU it just goes to show how deluded he is.