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The images of the NATO summit last week showing a shaky Jean-Claude Juncker waved politics this weekend in Austria, whose government currently chairs the Council of the European Union.
Its far-right wing went so far as to demand the resignation of the President of the European Commission by accusing him of drunkenness. Not giving credence to the European Commission's explanation that attributed to painful sciatica the hesitant approach of Mr Juncker – the head of the Commission had to be supported by leaders – the Secretary General of the FPÖ, the MEP Harald Vilimsky did not hesitate to talk about "a number of obvious alcohol problems" which "generated several embarrbading videos," according to the Austrian press.
Several opposition parties in Austria insurgents against this attack. A personality of the ÖVP, the conservative party of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in power with the FPÖ, demanded that Harald Vilimsky apologize or resign, but the latter has maintained his line. The Austrian government has not yet reacted.
Interviewed on Monday, the European Commission swept the resignation application, pointing out that its interlocutor was "the Austrian government, not the elements that compose it". The Commission spokesman recalled that Mr Juncker had the confidence of the Parliament and the Council, and that the executive had recently had a fruitful meeting with the Kurz government.
On Friday, a journalist Asked if Mr. Juncker mixed painkillers with alcohol, the same spokesperson replied that he "did not know" and that it was particularly "bad taste for some media to make headlines." insulting by taking advantage of the "pain of the President of the European Commission.
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