As a parade of EU politicians have publicly expressed their reactions to Sunday’s stunning referendum result in Greece, one leader has been notable for his absence: Jean-Claude Juncker.

The European Commission president, who a week ago had made an emotional and at times combative speech urging Greeks to vote Yes, stayed silent and behind the scenes as the result of the vote was announced Sunday night. After it was clear that No had prevailed, the Commission issued only a short statement saying Juncker would speak with other leaders on the issue by telephone.

Juncker was again out of the spotlight on Monday, letting one of his vice presidents, Valdis Dombrovskis, handle a press conference on the situation.

Dombrovskis, who is in charge of the euro portfolio, offered a general reaction statement saying the Commission “takes note” of the result and seeking to reassure markets that the EU leaders had taken steps to ensure the eurozone would remain stable.

Asked about Juncker, Dombrovskis said the president was too busy working on the issue to make a public statement.

“We know that President Juncker is actually working very intensely,” he said. “He had a conference call with the heads of the EU institutions this morning. He had discussions with the president of the Euro Summit, president of the Eurogroup, president of the European Central Bank as well as managing director of the European Stability Mechanism.”

Dombrovskis added that Juncker would address the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday morning in what was being billed as his major pronouncement on the situation.

One EU official said on Monday that Juncker was waiting to sound out other creditors before going public.

“He’s waiting to talk to the Eurogroup, to the member states to get an idea of the messaging,” the official said.

Another EU official said Juncker was seriously confronting the possibility of a Grexit and was avoiding making comments in the heat of the moment “as he will really say what he thinks.” 

Other EU leaders, including European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem, were less shy about making public statements immediately after the vote. 

Schulz in particular was forceful in his reaction. “We have a difficult situation,” he said in a video statement Sunday night. “The Greek people said no. Eighteen other members of the eurozone agreed about the proposals to which the Greek people said no.”

Both Juncker and Schulz had sought earlier in the week to raise the stakes in the referendum by framing it as an up-or-down vote on Greece’s euro membership. After the overwhelming No result, the message was more of a “wait and see” attitude to whatever new proposal the Greeks would bring to the table.