Jean-Claude Juncker, the man who claimed Brexit would not happen, has predicted Marine Le Pen will not become the next French president.
The European Commission president refused to entertain the possibility of Ms Le Pen winning the French election during a thorny exchange on the future of the European Union.
It is not the first time the chief Eurocrat has weighed in with his prediction of an election result.
Just over 12 months ago Mr Juncker said he was confident Britain would not vote to leave the EU.
Days before the historic referendum, in which 17 million people voted to leave the crumbling bloc, Mr Juncker told a German newspaper: “Brexit is not a question which arises, it’s not desired by the British.”
Mr Juncker refused to answer questions about the impact a Le Pen victory would have on the struggling EU, which is riven with division and facing a number of crunch elections in the next year.
Asked about the future of the EU, if Ms Le Pen wins the election, Mr Juncker said: “This is a hypothesis that I do not think will come to pass.
“The hypothesis that Madame Le Pen will be the future president of the French Republic. She will not be.”
Pressed on the fact that the euro elite had not predicted Brexit either, he snapped: “You must not confuse people or countries. Brexit had other, profound causes which the unlikely election of Madame Le Pen in France does not. We must not confound the two, I think that is dangerous.
Asked again if the EU can…