In a relatively brief section focusing on the United Kingdom in his speech on the state of the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker pointed out on Wednesday morning that "the EU’s existence has not been put under threat by this decision" of the UK to leave the EU. He provided assurances that the referendum in the UK on 23 June would not result in the disintegration of the EU and pointed out that although the EU respected the British decision "it also regretted it".
Juncker did not want to...