The Commissioner's budget and human resources Guenther Oettinger, known for his linguistic drifts featured today the presidents of Russia, US and Turkey, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Retzep Tagip Erntogan's "authoritarian thugs".
"In a world prone to the disorder (...) with authoritarian thugs increasingly noisy in Ankara, Moscow and possibly even in a wing of the White House in Washington, we need stability, we need reliable values and we need more than ever, more solidarity in the European Union "said the German commissioner during a European forum in Brussels.
"The European project is 60 years, but remains a project for the future. As the Association for Peace, a community of values, all of them are more important than ever," he added.
The Oettinger wont send characterizations causing a stir. Among others, had provoked the wrath of Berlin and Beijing when he called "schistomatides" Chinese in October 2016 in Hamburg, in a speech to businessmen. On the same day he had argued that "gay marriage will soon impose" in Germany.