The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, hurried back to Luxembourg to undergo "urgent removal of the gall bladder". This was announced by the EU executive on Saturday. Jean-Claude Juncker, 64, has "shortened" his holidays in Austria and was "repatriated to Luxembourg to undergo the urgent removal of the gallbladder," says the institution in a very short statement.
His term ends at the end of October
The Luxembourger, a seasoned European politician who has been head of the Commission since 2014 and whose term ends at the end of October, was also Prime Minister of his country from 1995 to 2013. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ located below. of the liver, which stores the bile.