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Johnson Confident of EU Brexit Deal, Works 'Flat Out' on Leaving
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “working flat out” to meet the Oct. 31 date to leave the European Union, and said he can finalize a withdrawal agreement during a summit meeting of leaders in Brussels two weeks before the deadline. “I believe passionately that we can do it, and I believe that such an agreement is in the interests not just of the U.K. but also of our European friends,” Johnson wrote in a column for Monday’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. According to a senior U.K. official, Johnson has resolved on a hard-line plan as he prepares for his first face-to-face negotiations with European Commission ... (full story)