EU leader Jean-Claude Juncker stumbled so much that he had to be helped by the leaders before the summit dinner of NATO

Jean-Claude Juncker was seen stumbling and losing balance before a dinner at the NATO summit in Belgium

The President of the Commission of the European Union, 63, had to be helped by the Finnish and Ukrainian presidents

The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, also intervened to help the head of the Commission at the event of Wednesday evening in Brussels

M. Juncker said he suffered from sciatica that sometimes affects his movements

. The wobbly Eurocrat emerged after he was tweeted by a far right German politician.

Martin Reichardt, of the Alternative for Germany party, tweeted that several

He said that Mr. Juncker was apparently too drunk to stand up

He called Mr. Juncker's appearance "shameful" [19659] 002] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who badisted Mr. Juncker, told the VRT: "As far as I know, [Juncker] has no serious health problems, but he has a back problem for a while."

The Eurocrate denied allegations of alcoholism during an interview in 2016 where he swallowed four glbades of champagne.

He said, "Do you think I would still be in the office if I had cognac for breakfast?"

"That's me makes it really sad and it even made my wife wonder if I was lying to her, because I do not drink when I'm at home. "

Revealing past health problems, he added:" I have a problem balancing with my left leg that requires me to grab the rail when I'm on a staircase. "

" This problem goes back to car accident. In 1989, I spent three weeks in a coma and then six months in a wheelchair. "

A source close to the president told the Daily Mirror:" President Juncker has publicly said several times that he has had a sciatica problem that is making things worse, as was the case last night.

"He was at the Summit this morning with a full program."

A spokeswoman said, "It would not be appropriate to discuss publicly any health problem."