Juncker, the head of the European.
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EU leaders are trying to steady the ship after Britain’s shock June 23 vote to become the first country to leave the union, already buffeted by a flawless storm of globalization, terrorism and mass migrant flows. “Tolerance can not come at the price of our security, ” Juncker added.
In a statement issued following the address, Sven Giegold, a German Green MEP, said the investment plan did not go far enough.
He said the EU “should not only preserve our European way of life, but also empower those who are living it”.
He also called for a new European Union border and coast guard force to start work quickly with 200 guards and 50 vehicles deployed in Bulgaria by October, after a year in which more than a million refugees and migrants reached the EU.
Mr Farage went on to tell BBC Radio 4’s World At One: “He (Mr Juncker) did refer to that terrible incident, but equally he could have referred to many other dreadful things being done all over Europe”.
The planned restrictions on video websites come after a report from campaign group UK Music, which said that revenues from ad-funded digital services “effectively devalue our music behind protectionist and outdated legislation”.
“We propose today to equip every European city with wireless internet”, Juncker said, revealing the kind of project he hopes can help build some love for the EU among ordinary voters”.
“People in Europe don’t want this petty envy between the various institutions”, he said at the assembly in Strasbourg, France.
Throwing his weight behind the European Commission’s plans for a common European military force, Verhofstadt said the solution to the rise of Euroscepticism was “not to kill Europe but to reinvent Europe”.
He said the next 12 months will be decisive if the union is to be reunited. The Luxembourg-hailing politician added that a lack of cooperation on military resources was costing billions to European Union countries.
Britain still has to officially trigger the exit negotiations to become the first member state to walk away from Europe’s biggest unity project.
Mr Juncker warned Britain: “There can be no a la carte access to the single market”.
With Europe facing its biggest migration crisis since World War II, Juncker also called for a new European Union border and coast guard force to start work quickly with 200 guards and 50 vehicles deployed in Bulgaria by October.
But Mr. Juncker’s address will offer few clues to the negotiations with London that the European Union insists can not start until Prime Minister Theresa May formally sets starts a two-year countdown to British departure.
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When Britain was a member it was against such a move, preferring to put a reliance on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces.
