IRISH LEADERS HAVE been quick to hail last night’s deal by European leaders as a brilliant achievement and a seismic shift in Europe’s heretofore ropey economic policy.

Looks like Luxembourg’s prime minister isn’t quite as convinced though.

Here’s Jean-Claude Juncker – who is also president of the eurogroup – as he arrived at the EU Summit in Brussels. Hmmm. Maybe he knows something we don’t.

Leave any suggestions for what he might be saying in the comments…

(Image: AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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