VIDEO SHOWS: EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER ARRIVING ON STAGE TO GIVE SPEECH, DOING A LITTLE DANCE / RECENT FOOTAGE OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY DANCING ONTO STAGE AT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE IN BIRMINGHAM / REACTIONS ON TWITTER ABOUT JUNCKER'S DANCE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 8, 2018) (EBS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER COMING UP TO PODIUM AND DANCING TO THE MUSIC BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 3, 2018) (UK POOL - ACCESS ALL) 2.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, THERESA MAY, WALKING ON TO STAGE DANCING AS "DANCING QUEEN" PLAYS IN BACKGROUND 3.

AUDIENCE CLAPPING 4.

MAY STANDING AT PODIUM DANCING AND WAVING BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 8, 2018) (SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - ACCESS ALL) 5.

TWEET FROM THE TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST JAMES CRISP WITH LINK TO VIDEO OF JUNCKER'S DANCE, READING (English): "Is this @JunckerEU mocking @theresa_may's Abba dance at a speech to the Committee of the Regions?

I am saying yes.

What say you @MargSchinas or @Mina_Andreeva?" 6.

TWEET FROM THE SUN JOURNALIST NICK GUTTERIDGE WITH PICTURE OF JUNCKER DANCING, READING (English): "Jean-Claude Juncker does a little dance at the podium as he's greeted onto the stage by some jingly piano music.

Wonder where he got that idea from?

#DoTheMayBot" 7.

TWEET FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION CHIEF SPOKESMAN, MARGARITIS SCHINAS, IN RESPONSE TO JAMES CRISP'S TWEET, READING (English): "Relax James.

Without a song or a dance what would our life be?

Not directed at anyone, improvisation on the moment as the music kept playing before he could start his speech.

Great respect for @theresa_may repeatedly stated in public and demonstrated in practice." STORY: EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker threw a little dance move before a speech on Monday (October 8), raising a laugh in Brussels as he appeared to mimic British Prime Minister Theresa May.

May sashayed on stage last week to the sound of Abba's "Dancing Queen" - a self-mocking gag about a recent trip to South Africa where she had danced with schoolchildren.

May then used the stage to rally her divided party behind her efforts to negotiate a smooth withdrawal from the European Union.

Preparing to speak at a conference on Monday, Juncker was unable to start as music continued to play in the hall.

Looking up from his notes, the European Commission president, whose negotiators are locked in talks with May's officials, spread his arms and moved his shoulders and hips in time with the rhythm.

A couple of seconds was enough to provoke laughter in the room as the music faded.

Juncker gave a broad grin in response.

Britons were quick to spot how close his gestures were to May's before her keynote speech last Wednesday at the annual conference of her Conservative Party, with Brussels-based journalists from The Telegraph and the Sun posting video or still picture of Juncker's dance on their twitter account.

A spokesman for Juncker, a former premier of Luxembourg, said his improvised performance was "not directed at anyone" and repeated that the Commission president has "great respect" for May.

He also referenced Abba, asking "without a song or a dance what would our life be?".