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Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Trump at the White House in 2018

Video. Juncker: 'The EU is not a slave of the United States'

Updated: 22/01/2026 - 10:01 GMT+1

Jean-Claude Juncker, who led the European Commission during the first Trump administration, told Euronews that the EU "cannot be submitted to the neo-colonial behaviour" of the United States.

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