The issue of Greece, the refugee crisis and Brexit were some of the major challenges that the outgoing European Commission had to deal said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who on Tuesday delivered his final speech to the Europarliament plenary in Strasbourg before his term comes to an end, ANA reports.
Referring to Greece, he hailed this as one of the Commission’s successes, noting that it was one of the issues that caused him concern. “We gave back to Greece the dignity it deserves,” he stressed, adding that for a long time the Greek people’s dignity had been trampled on and the Commission had wanted to act in favor of Greece.
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