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The European Commission President will travel to Trier, Germany, where he will give a speech to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth.

Mr Juncker has invited to the celebration because he is an honourary citizen of the small German town, which is also the birthplace of the German philosopher who was one of Marxism’s founding fathers.

The Commission President will give a speech at the opening ceremony of the Karl Marx exhibition in the city.

Mr Juncker will appear alongside Malu Dreyer, the minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate, who extended the invitation to him.