Thread by @Stone_SkyNews

Juncker switches to English to talk about #Brexit in his State of the Union speech #SOTEU - says again how much he regrets the departure of the British. (Remember: As chief exec of the EU club, he lost a key member on his watch)

‘It is #brexit which is making the border more visible in Northern Ireland, not the EU’ says Juncker

Juncker: “The UK will never be an ordinary third country for us. The UK will always be a very close neighbour in political, economic and security terms. In the past months when we needed unity, Britain was at our side.”

Juncker “We owe it to our citizens to ensure the UK withdrawal is orderly and with stability afterwards. It will not be the commission that will stand in the way of this” #Brexit
(ie it’s not our fault if it all goes wrong!)

Juncker: “If you leave the Union, you are of course no longer part of our single market, and certainly not only in the parts of it you choose.” #brexit #SOTEU