‘EU Parliament is ridiculous’: Juncker slams MEPs for skipping session. Takes one to know one

‘European MPs’ poor attendance has caused a spat between the EU Parliament president and the head of the bloc’s executive body, Jean-Claude Juncker, who has slammed the parliament as being “not serious” and vowed not to attend its gatherings.
Faced with a vast array of empty seats at a plenary session at the parliament’s Strasbourg home on Tuesday, European Commission chief Juncker hit out at the body.
“The European Parliament is ridiculous, very ridiculous. I welcome those who have gone through the effort of coming, but the fact that only about 30 MEPs are attending this debate is enough to show that the parliament is not serious. And I wanted to state it today,” Juncker said in French.
Only a few dozen out of over 750 European lawmakers showed up for the session dedicated to assessing the Maltese presidency of the EU, which ended on July 1.’
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