Jean Claude Junker gives speech in french because he says...

Yeah ,they're really big into French in the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe.

Well have to make allowances for Mr Luxembourg, he likes a drink.

How dare an irrelevant pygmy from an irrelevant country that one mortar bomb would probably destroy tweak the tail of the English tiger.About time we flexed our muscles and dealt with this jumped up nonentity.

French was the official language used before we joined the EU so actually quite logical now we are leaving.

Not bitter much is he.

Just some childish feather-preening.

The snowflakes love him.

Creepy coont, imo

But he said it in english, the irony

C'est la Vie, I guess.

Why not give it in Latin ffs. Speak English already, it's what Jesus spoke, heard it in Ben Hur which is 100% historically accurate.

C'est la guerre!

English is quite easy to speak so don't think that'll change much, French pronounciation is more difficult.

When the Common Market was formed, learning French as a second language was quite widespread. Nowadays everyone learns English, I doubt this will go down well with the Germans. He is what the French would call "un vieux con" and having such as he representing Europe is an embarrassment.

English is the lingua franca of the world, never mind Europe. not many french speakers in Norway or Poland or Hungary or Eastern Germany. But you'll by in English with anyone below the age of Doh Wah.

According to the EU's own data (albeit from 2012) 38% of EU citizens speak English as a second language compared to 12% who can speak French as an additional language.

Any chance he's jewish?

More than any other foreign language, European youths learn English.


http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/08/more-than-any-other-foreign-language-european-youths-learn-english/

**** - my old french professor went on at length at how they have an organization to protect the french language from english creeping in. All their words were in danger. saying that when the normans conquered us they brought their language here and sixty percent of english is french bastardized. the author of the three muskateers said - but english is all french.

junker started the speech in English, most films in english or indian? the want to watch starwars not some french romance flick.

As I've said elsewhere he can carry on speaking French as I have no interest in anything he has to say

French politicians want to keep the the 'french hate the british' line but really the french people have EXACTLY the same problems we have.  Go there and mix and you will find the truth. 
What a drunk luxemburger has to with it  I have no idea.

Half the world have a massive inferiority complex regards Britain, and France suffer from it more than most.

I have always found most french people tend to be EXACTLY the same as us as far as what they want and  what there problems are.