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‘He’s not the right man for the job’: Calls for European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to quit

Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek accuses EU's chief bureaucrat of not doing enough to keep Britain in the union

EUROPEAN Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker faced calls to QUIT last night as he was blamed for the Brexit vote.

Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek accused the bureaucrat of failing to try to stop Britain’s departure from the bloc.

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European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has faced calls to quit for not doing enough to prevent Britain from leaving the EUCredit: Getty Images

He said: "Right now I can't see the European Commission chairman as the right man for the job.

“We have to ask who is responsible for the result of the referendum in Britain.

“Someone in the EU should contemplate quitting, because (Brexit) is a responsibility someone should have assumed."

Zaoralek echoed Juncker in saying Britain should now act fast to leave the EU, while also accusing him of inactivity ahead of the referendum held on Thursday.

He added: "I would imagine the Commission is led by an honourable, trustworthy man who, in a situation when we are facing the loss of a leg or arm, might go to the country and tell the Britons: 'We want you to stay'."

"And I'm asking: did this happen or not?"

Zaoralek’s intervention comes as David Cameron will today lay out a route to Brexit as he faces the Commons for the first time since he announced his resignation on Friday.

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Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek says that European Commission chairman Jean-Claude Juncker is 'not the right man for the job'Credit: EPA

The PM will tell MPs that civil servants are beginning work to plot Britain’s formal split from Brussels.

Pro-Leave Tory MPs want him to implement the EU’s Article 50 to start a UK exit, instead of waiting for his successor to do it in October.

Tensions spiralled yesterday after senior figures claimed the country was descending into anarchy.

As Labour’s leadership coup also erupted, one Tory MP described Westminster last night as “a cluster goat f*** with knobs on”.

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Zaoralek described Juncker as an 'honourable, trustworthy man' while calling for him to quitCredit: EPA

Meanwhile, pro-EU grandees were stepping up a fightback to stop ­Britain quitting at all.

Ex-Labour PM Tony Blair fuelled calls for a second EU referendum.

He said it would be hard to re-run, but added: “Why rule anything out?”

German leader Angela Merkel’s Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier urged a UK re-think, saying our politicians “should have the possibility to reconsider the consequences of an exit”.

Chancellor George Osborne will make a statement today about his safeguards to protect the economy.

The Cabinet will also meet for the first time this morning since the poll.

No 10 said: “There will be initial discussions about the administrative process needed to move forward.”

“Decisions around Article 50 are a matter for the next Prime Minister.”

Members of the European Parliament are been pushing for David Cameron to immediately trigger the two-year exit process when he attends a summit in Brussels tomorrow.

But last night diplomats from all 27 other member states agreed that it was unrealistic for the country to formally begin negotiations until a new prime minister had been appointed.


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