Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, doesn’t speak superb English but his German is fluent. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the Commission, is fluent in German, French and English. Merkel avoids speaking English in public but converses privately with Vladimir Putin in Russian. Renzi, on the other hand, likes to joke about how bad his English is and there are YouTube videos taking digs at his French as well. One golden rule for would-be European leaders: Avoid sounding like a clown.
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