EU leaders are about to give the most important job in Brussels to someone they know isn’t up to it – largely to spite David Cameron. Remember this episode the next time you hear claims about “reforming” the EU.

I haven’t met one leading European politician or official who thinks that Jean-Claude Juncker, who was sacked as prime minister of Luxembourg at the end of last year, is the best man for the job. Abrupt and abrasive, he left office following a scandal that turned on his inability to get on with Luxembourg’s intelligence services. Even his closest friends don’t argue that he is a natural administrator.

Daniel Hannan