British Politician: ‘Everyone in Brussels knows that Juncker drinks far too much. I would call him an alcoholic.'

British Politician: ‘Everyone in Brussels knows that Juncker drinks far too much. I would call him an alcoholic.' HT: DailyMail.

New EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker faced shock new claims about his drinking last night.

A former Tory Foreign Office Minister who has worked with him closely said he drinks so heavily he ‘dribbles’ during meetings and is often ‘incapable of working after lunchtime’.

And a newspaper in Mr Juncker’s native Luxembourg carried lurid details of a drinking binge he allegedly embarked upon.

The prominent British politician, who served as Minister for Europe, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘All the stories about Juncker’s drinking are true. I know because I had to work with him. He is a complete drunk.

‘I regarded it as pointless talking to him after 12 o’clock because at times he seemed incapable of working, so drunk you couldn’t get any sense out of him. It is every bit as bad as people say. I have seen him so p****d that he was dribbling.

‘Everyone in Brussels knows that Juncker drinks far too much. I would call him an alcoholic. Talk to European politicians in private and they will all tell you about his drink problem.’

The politician, who spoke to The Mail on Sunday on condition of anonymity, said Mr Juncker’s drinking was not the only reason he was unfit to be EC President.

‘He is totally wrong for the job and isn’t any good. I was talking to a senior French politician only the other day and he agreed with me that Juncker is useless.’

Mr Juncker, 59, has been dogged by rumours of a drink problem for years.

Summit tables were said to have been awash with alcohol during his 20-year tenure as Prime Minister of Luxembourg. He resigned as a result of a spy scandal last year.

The newspaper Letzebuerg Privat (Luxembourg Private), has referred to him as the country’s ‘drunken stupor premier’.

Last year it ran a front-page report, accompanied by a photo of him guzzling drinks, in which it was alleged that he quaffed ‘a Campari, three glasses of wine and three Sambucas in only two hours’.

German journal Der Spiegel said: ‘Juncker no longer cares what others think about him'. Hmmmm......Why choose a 'Drunk'? Because lots of 'dirt' around to pressure him in doing what you want. Read the full story here.