Jean-Claude Juncker dubs EU parliament "ridiculous" over attendance rates
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The head of the European Union’s executive body, the European Commission, has called its parliament "totally ridiculous" during a spat over low MEP attendance.
After EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker thanked the few dozens of the 700-plus MEPs for attending a plenary session, he insisted that "parliament is not serious" for failing to show up in large numbers for the keynote debate of the day.
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