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Anglu Farrugia, the Speaker of the House, opening his speech of greeting to European Commission big cheeses this afternoon:

“IT GIVES ME GREAT WELCOME AND PLEASURE TO YOU ALL TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES”

UPDATE/And if you zip through to the end, you’ll hear him snapping at the President of the European Commission: “STAND UP!”

“What?” Juncker says.

“STAND UP! We can’t see you.”

“That’s your problem,” Juncker says. A flunkey rushes over to whisper (loudly) in Juncker’s ear: “It’s the usual practice in Malta.”

“Oh,” Juncker says drily, “I want to be as visible as possible. We should introduce this in our own parliament.”

The Speaker of the House