Speaking exclusively to Euronews from the headquarters of the European Commission, outgoing President Jean-Claude Juncker said that from the very beginning, Britons were only "part-time Europeans" and were never fully in the union.
"The British were told for more than 40 years that they were in but they didn't want to share all the policies that have been decided.
"The British since the very beginning were part-time Europeans, what we need are full time Europeans," he asserted.