Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel: 'For us it’s just good you have a clear majority in London. Boris won the election by telling everyone he wants to deliver so now it’s time for delivery. A clear majority it’s needed, so I hope you will be able to deliver because we are waiting.'
Bettel on a trade deal by Dec 2020: 'This time was not a unilateral time, it was decided together. We fixed this time thinking we were able to fix all this - I hope we'll be able. We know some work has been done already before so we shouldn’t think that we’ll start from scratch.'
Bettel: 'I think people voted for Mr Johnson because they wanted to have certainty. Even if you were a Remainer, people are fed up and they wanted to have a clear statement to say just do it now - even if we didn’t agree but stop this uncertainty. No excuses not to deliver now.'
Bettel on ending uncertainty: 'It’s not only for us. As UK citizens I’d be really upset not to know since Jun 23 it’s crazy. I’m sure a lot of Remainers voted for Boris because they’re fed up of not knowing what’s going to happen.' On Boris: 'I really appreciate him as a person.'
