EU's Juncker: Cameron has 'problem' with other leaders
Danny Kemp, Yahoo News (AFP), 05.11.2014
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New European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker stoked a bitter row between London and Brussels Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister David Cameron of having a "problem" with other EU leaders. [...]
Analysts said Juncker was deliberately trying to set a new tone.
"It is a totally different approach from Barroso," Janis Emmanouilidis of the European Policy Centre told AFP.
"Juncker really shows he's doing what he'd said he wants to -- make the Commission a stronger political actor. He is signalling to the heads of government he is ready to interfere, to be blunt, to criticize member states."
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