Nigel Farage savaged by Junker after post-Brexit speech to the European Parliament
Euro chiefs reacted angrily to the Ukip leader’s appearance, shouting 'why are you still here?'
VENGEFUL Euro chiefs tore into Nigel Farage yesterday for helping Britain to back Brexit in an extraordinary Brussels dust up.
A shell-shocked European Parliament met for the first time since the historic EU referendum last week to debate its fallout.
Bemoaning the result, the EU Commission’s boss turned on the grinning UKIP leader for a personal dressing down, demanding to know: “Why are you here?”
The stormy scenes in the parliament’s chamber began when arch federalist Mr Juncker told MEPs that they “must respect British democracy.”
After Mr Farage loudly applauded that, the former Luxembourg PM snapped at him: “That is the last time you will be applauding me.
“I am surprised to see you here. I thought you wanted to exit. What are you doing here?”
Britain’s EU walkout meant the union “may have lost our wing”, Mr Juncker said, but he added: “The flight continues”.
“I am not a grey bureaucrat, I am not a robot. I am sad.”
Ex-Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt-turned MEP went further to accuse Mr Farage of “Nazi propaganda”.
As the session highly charged session in the Brussels chamber was disrupted by constant shouts of dissent, Mr Farage declared: “The reason you are so upset, the reason you are so angry, has been perfectly clear from all the angry exchanges this morning: you are in denial.
“Mr Verhofstadt also shouted “shame on you” at Mr Farage for his “lies” during the referendum campaign.
Waving a small Union Jack that he had brought into the chamber, Mr Farage hit back to say: “Virtually none of you have ever had a proper job in your lives.
“You aren’t laughing at me now”.
EU politicians also launched a series of bids to strip the UK of key jobs in Brussels yesterday, despite us remaining a full member for at least the next two years.
Senior MEP Manfred Weber also predicted the UK will “fall apart” because of the referendum result.
Meanwhile, European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi said yesterday that Brexit could also hit the eurzone hard.
Growth could be slashed by 0.5% across the single currency countries, the top banker warned.