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Johnson Talks Up a Brexit Deal as He Heads for Juncker Meeting

  • U.K. premier working ‘flat out’ to meet Oct. 31 exit deadline
  • EU’s Juncker cites ‘utter chaos’ of U.K. no-deal departure
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Johnson Heads for Juncker Meeting in Luxembourg
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government sounded a more optimistic note on the likelihood of reaching a Brexit deal, even as he prepares to take a hard-line approach in his first negotiations with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday.

The premier wrote in a column in Monday’s Daily Telegraph that he believes he can still strike a deal with the EU -- which the government is working “flat out” to achieve -- and accused his opponents in Parliament of trying to “crush Brexit.”