President of The Eurogroup
"Monetary policy is a serious issue. We should discuss this in secret,
in the Eurogroup I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently
democratic, but I want to be serious I am for secret, dark debates"
— Jean-Claude Juncker, 20 April 2011.
Juncker assumed the presidency of the Eurogroup on 1 January 2005. Juncker is currently the longest-serving head of government of any European Union state. It is often suggested in the press that he, like his predecessor Santer, will eventually give up his position as Prime Minister to assume the presidency of the European Commission, but Juncker continues to deny he has any plans to resign.
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