“Monetary policy is a serious issue. We should discuss this in secret, in the Eurogroup […] I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious […] I am for secret, dark debates.”

—  Jean-Claude Juncker

Jean-Claude Juncker, 20 April 2011, quoted in &quot; Eurogroup chief: &#x27;I&#x27;m for secret, dark debates&#x27; http://euobserver.com/9/32222&quot;, EUobserver, 21 April 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011. <br class="br">2011

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