Staggering. I respond to the tired trope about 'the BS about the EU from the media etc... with a series of quotes straight from the horse's mouth, and the response I in turn get is 'I refer you to decades of BS about the EU from our media etc...'
This is either sheer arrogance from those who are utterly convinced of their (perceived) moral majority - the blindness of those who will not see , or it really is sheer stupidity.
Just for the record, Jean-Claude, who was renowned for wearing his heart on his sleeve, was not discussing the merits of straight bananas or the undesirability or otherwise of pounds and ounces.
"When it becomes serious, you have to lie." This referred to the, shall we say 'controversial', EU response to the Greek economic collapse of 2011 onwards.
“Of course there will be transfers of sovereignty. But would I be intelligent to draw the attention of public opinion to this fact?,” was in response to British calls for a referendum over the Lisbon Treaty aka the EU Constitution.
"We decide on something, leave it lying around, and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back." On the introduction of the (disastrous) Euro, a mere trifle for sure in comparison to bent/straight bananas.
“If it's a Yes, we will say 'on we go', and if it's a No we will say 'we continue’,” on the French referendum on Lisbon's precursor, the EU Constitution, which represented massive further transfers of power to Brussels.
The EU is an utter corruption of the most basic principles of democracy. And Jean-Claude, who should know, said it. Repeatedly.