Farage Says Juncker Appointment a Gift to UKIP Exit Drive

U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker to the European Union’s top executive job over British objections would add momentum to UKIP’s calls to leave the EU.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has “misunderstood” the EU’s political determination to install Juncker as European Commission president, an appointment that will undermine Britain’s push to scale back the bloc’s powers through renegotiation, Farage said in an interview yesterday in Brussels.