Jean-Claude Juncker

Jean Claude Juncker is an evergreen tree in Luxembourg politics, one of the designers of European integration, and also the first chairman of the Eurogroup. On November 1, 2014, he officially took over from Barroso and was elected as the new President of the European Commission. Juncker was born on December 9, 1954, into a working-class family in the western part of Luxembourg, in the town of Leipzig et al. He completed his middle school studies in Qingquan Middle School in Belgium, returned to China in 1974 to participate in the middle school graduation examination, and entered the Law School of the University of Strasbourg in France the next year. Juncker served as the Secretary of State for Labor and Social Insurance from 1982 to 1984, the Minister of Labor and Ministerial Budget Representative from 1984 to 1989, and the Minister of Labor and Finance from 1989 to 1995. Juncker was born as a financial expert, and for more than 10 years in charge of budgeting and finance, he has been insisting on implementing fiscal tightening policies and limiting public debt. Starting from January 20, 1995, he served as the Prime Minister and Minister of State, Labour, Employment, and Finance of Luxembourg. In December 1996, international media regarded Juncker as a Dublin hero. In 1997, Juncker participated in the EU's formulation of the Stability and Growth Pact budget regulations. The regulation aims to support the monetary union and the euro budget, prevent government budget deficits in member countries of the eurozone, thereby increasing the borrowing costs of the entire eurozone. At that time, Germany and France were seriously at odds, and Juncker mediated, which made Germany and France make key concessions on economic and monetary union, thus making the EU pipeline project smoothly carried out. On January 21, 2013, the Eurozone Finance Ministers' Meeting decided to appoint Dutch Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jean Claude Juncker, to replace Luxembourg Prime Minister, as the new chairman of the Eurogroup. From 2005 to 2013, the Chairman of the Eurogroup was always held by Luxembourg Prime Minister Juncker. During this period, the eurozone experienced a sovereign debt crisis. Juncker has always worked hard to avoid a split in the eurozone. Speaking of stepping down, Juncker claimed to be relieved on January 21st. He put forward a farewell message, hoping that the eurozone can reach an agreement on assisting Cyprus as soon as possible. On July 10, 2013, Luxembourg Prime Minister Juncker announced his resignation and submitted his resignation to Grand Duke Henry. He also proposed holding an early general election to resolve the current political crisis. On March 7, 2014, Juncker was elected as a candidate for the presidency of the European Commission. On that day, the European People's Party elected him as the next president of the European Commission in Dublin, Ireland. Numerous heads of state, including Germany, France, Poland, Italy, and Spain, have expressed support for it; On the other hand, its biggest competitor, Martin Schultz, the candidate for the next European Commission presidency of the European Socialist Party, announced his withdrawal from the election on June 21, 2014. In the May 2014 European Parliament elections, Juncker's European People's Party won 221 seats in the 2014 European Parliament, maintaining its position as the largest party in the European Parliament. The EU summit decided at the end of June to nominate Juncker as the candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, which was submitted to the European Parliament for vote, but this nomination was opposed by the UK and Hungary. Although 2 out of 28 EU member states oppose the nomination of Juncker as the chairman of the European Commission