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Re: لا تمْحِنا لا تبلينا ... الرئيس سكران طينة! (Re: الصادق عبدالله الحسن)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44812352
Quote: The European Commission says its president Jean-Claude Juncker is taking medication for acute leg pain which made him stumble during a Nato summit - and it insists that he was not drunk.
It was "a particularly painful attack of sciatica, accompanied by cramps".
Mr Juncker, 63, was filmed by news agency AP struggling to keep his balance before a gala dinner in Brussels on Wednesday.
Looking wobbly, he was helped by the Dutch and Portuguese leaders.
When a reporter asked if Mr Juncker had been drunk the Commission spokesman replied that the question was "more than tasteless". "I don't think this is elegant, I don't think this is fair," he said.
'Pain disappeared' After the attack, the spokesman said, Mr Juncker "attended the dinner normally and then the pain disappeared". "His programme is full. His programme has not changed at all."
This is not the first time he has been filmed unsteady on his feet. The former prime minister of Luxembourg has blamed sciatica in the past too.
The UK's NHS website says sciatica symptoms can include pain, numbness or tingling in the buttocks, legs and feet. It is caused by compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve. |
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