Brussels briefing

Questions, answers and kidney stones

Brussels briefing
Mon, 19 Mar, 2012 - 00:00
Ann Cahill

Journalists aren’t used to being asked questions, so nobody replied when eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker, right, asked who suffered from kidney stones.

“They are very uncomfortable” he said as he invited everyone to keep their questions to a minimum after a long meeting.

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