President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his speech on the state of affairs in the European Union in French, because, according to him, the English language is losing its importance in Europe.

This is reported by "European truth" with reference to Politico.

"I hesitated between English and French. But I made my choice and will speak in French, "Juncker said in Florence, where he delivered his speech.

"Because English is slowly but surely losing importance in Europe," explained the president of the European Commission.

He recalled that next Sunday in France will be the second round of presidential elections.

"And I want the French to understand that I'm talking about the importance of the EU," said Juncker.

It is worth noting that Juncker's comments sounded against the backdrop of growing tensions between Brussels and London.

Last week after the meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May the president of the European Commission said: "I left the premier's residence ten times more skeptical than before".

As reported by the "Observer", March 29 officially launched the process of Britain's withdrawal from the EU.

Before that, on March 13, the British Parliament approved the beginning of withdrawal from the EU.

Recall, on June 23, 2016, most of the British supported the withdrawal from the EU. Brexit voted 17 410 742 people (51.9%). In order to remain in the EU, 16,141,241 people (48.1%) voted their votes,.

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