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Xavier Bettel

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Gender Male
Age 51
Date of birth March 3,1973
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Luxembourg
Spouse Gauthier Destenay
Party Democratic Party
Office Prime Minister of Luxembourg
ParentsAniela Bettel
Claude Bettel
Official site gouvernement.lu
NationalityLuxembourgish
Position Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2013
Education Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Previous positionMayor of Luxembourg City (2011–2013)
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Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician serving as Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2013. He was previously a member of the Chamber of Deputies and Mayor of Luxembourg City. Bettel is a member of the Democratic Party.

Brexit: Europe's heads of state and government votes in the Parliament drama

Brexit: Europe's heads of state and government votes in the Parliament drama
Feb 16,2020 7:17 am

... Johnson patted on the shoulder and Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel beamed him - after recently mocked him for dodging a press conference...

Luxembourg's PM at the press conference: I didn't want to humiliate' Johnson

Luxembourg's PM at the press conference: I didn't want to humiliate' Johnson
Feb 16,2020 6:21 am

...said In a BBC exclusive, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, it was never his intention to keep humble Boris Johnson on Monday to a press conference without him...

Brexit: talks 'should not warn an excuse' Barnier

Brexit: talks 'should not warn an excuse' Barnier
Feb 16,2020 6:20 am

... He said the country pipsqueak leader Xavier Bettel had humiliated the ritual of his over with an appearance at a press conference without him, and reviled his Brexit policy...

News Daily: BGH agreement irritation and SNL-bags actor

News Daily: BGH agreement irritation and SNL-bags actor
Feb 16,2020 6:18 am

... What Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel s the meaning of the contempt? Katya Adler, Europe editorWhat, exactly, are we to make of the Oh-so-public vent on Monday by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, after his meeting with Boris Johnson? this means that the EU has lost patience and is no longer in the negotiations with the Johnson administration? Can we expect Angela Merkel rant or a Mark Rutte next rave? Quite the contrary...

Headlines: Johnson 'humbled' to take Lineker 'pay-cut

Headlines: Johnson 'humbled' to take Lineker 'pay-cut
Feb 16,2020 6:17 am

...Mr Johnson skipped a press conference with his Luxembourg counterpart A single image dominates most of the front pages - the photo of the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, pointing to the empty podium to the left of Boris Johnson the decision to move from a joint press conference during his visit on Monday...

Brexit: Boris Johnson, attacked by Luxembourg PM over 'nightmare'

Brexit: Boris Johnson, attacked by Luxembourg PM over 'nightmare'
Feb 16,2020 6:17 am

... Xavier Bettel said the British government had failed to put any serious proposals for a new offer...

Brexit press conference goes on without Johnson

Brexit press conference goes on without Johnson
Feb 16,2020 6:17 am

...the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel said the EU needs more than words by the British government, when a British EU-exit deal is agreed, from 31...

British EU exit 'a nightmare', says the Prime Minister of Luxembourg

British EU exit 'a nightmare', says the Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Feb 16,2020 6:15 am

... Xavier Bettel, said Mr Johnson had failed, allowing put no serious plans to, an offer of 31...

British EU exit 'a nightmare', says the Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Feb 16,2020 6:11 am

The Brexit process has turned into a "nightmare", the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, said he, after negotiations with the UK PM, Boris Johnson .

Xavier Bettel , said Mr Johnson had failed, allowing put no serious plans to, an offer of 31. October .

But Mr Johnson, who said in his press conference, because of The Noise of the protesters, said, "it's been a lot of work" and "papers have been released".

He urged the EU to "move" to lock in the opposition to scrap the return.

Mr Johnson said his joint press conference was cancelled, about the fears of the two leading would have been Drowned Out by the pro-EU protesters.

"I don't think it would be fair to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg," he said.

"I think it was clearly a lot of noise and I think has been Drowned Out , our points perhaps. "

the Political editor Laura Kuenssberg , said that the number 10 had asked for The Press conference of interior, according to sources.

Mr Bettel, who has scheduled a press conference alone, said the "only solution" was, that the existing repurchase Agreement .

He said there were "no specific proposals currently on the table" from the United Kingdom and said that the EU "needs More Than just words".

"We, the written proposals must and the Time Is ticking so to speak stop and act," he said.

"But we will not accept any Agreement against a single market, in violation of the Good Friday Agreement . "

away from the crowds, Mr Johnson said, must lock the EU "movement" in the opposition to scrap the Irish return, but insisted it was "just The Right amount of time" to get a deal done.

If you are asked, what are the concrete proposals he had made, Mr Johnson said: "it's been a lot of work" and "papers have been released".

"We have to manage this carefully. Yes, we have a good chance of a deal. Yes, I can see that The Shape of the. Everyone could see about what could be done," he said.

He recalled that the United Kingdom from the EU on the 31. October "deal or no deal".

as soon as we arrived in The Office of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, it was obviously a planned outdoor press conference could not go further.

The anti-British EU-exit, the protesters on The Square numbered less than a hundred, but their music and megaphone, it sounded like a lot more and they occasionally used language that you would not want to hear about in the news.

Behind the scenes of the UK and Luxembourg delegations, The Event is inside, not fighting with a diplomatic dilemma, but the majority of the journalists? Gambling that the protesters could pipe down for a bit? The silence of The Host to save a guest's blushes?

The result of Mr. Johnson saw a brief interview at the residence of The Ambassador , with each shared, while Mr Bettel took to the stage next to an empty podium.

He seized the moment in the ramp to provide light, a passionate speech, all the more dramatic by the fact that he is famous as one of the EU-the most smiley, mild-mannered leader.

Earlier, Mr Johnson and Mr Juncker - who met for the First Time since the PM took office In July , the talks between Britain and the EU agreed on "need to strengthen" and meeting "would take place soon, on a daily basis".

But regardless of the outcome, No 10, the PM spoke of the UK would take from the EU at 31. October .

Downing Street said Mr Johnson confirmed his commitment to the Good Friday Agreement - The Peace deal brokered in Northern Ireland - and still had to reach a "determination to be removed to make a deal with the backstop that British parliamentarians could support".

This is The First official meeting between the two men since Mr Johnson's office

Mr Johnson took the Irish backstop "undemocratic" and said it needed to be removed from any deal with the EU.

A Downing Street spokesman said Mr Johnson also reiterated that he would not require an extension and the UK from the EU on the 31. October .

The EU has said it is willing to keep looking for alternatives, but that a policy of insurance as the backstop must be present.

The backstop is the controversial policy in the existing repurchase Agreement , Three Times rejected by MPs, which would require the UK to follow the EU customs legislation, there are no physical controls on The Border between Northern Ireland and The Republic .

on 31. October deadline, when a deal was not agreed, the of 19. October .

But the Prime Minister 's official spokesman said: "The Position of the watch is that we comply with the laws, but that we leave on the 31. October , whatever the outcome. "

you also confirmed, to negotiate that the current date for a transitional phase, the time for the UK and EU, their future relationship after officially Leaving - December 2020 would not be renewed.

The two men dined in the restaurant Le Bouquet Garni

Over the weekend, Mr Johnson told a newspaper that Britain would Break Out of his "earned", like the Comic book character The Incredible Hulk - with or without a deal.

The BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg , said on the question of whether Britain had The Right to leave, at 31. October - whatever - could end up in court.

'stuff'

the reports have suggested that Mr Johnson is considering to keep a plan in Northern Ireland more closely to the EU after brexit, as an alternative to the current Irish backstop.

The Democratic Unionist Party , supported by the Conservatives in Parliament .

The PM's spokesman would not give details, but said the government had "under the broad workable solutions in A Number of areas".

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier , also in The Meeting participated

he believed he could achieve strike a deal with the EU within weeks and was working "flat-out.

"If we progress enough in the next few days, I intend to go to the crucial Summit . and the conclusion of an Agreement for the protection of the interests of companies and citizens on both sides of the channel and on both sides of The Border in Ireland ," he wrote.

Many of the members also have the question of how serious the government is about to make a deal, as the former Minister of justice, David Gauke , said "detailed proposals" had yet to be made.

"It Still Remains the case, the government of the United Kingdom has produced detailed proposals for how it wants to replace the Irish backstop," he told Radio 4 ' s Today.

foreign Minister Dominic Raab said the PM would stress that he wanted a deal, but it had to be "some finality" to it.

He said claims from the EU side that the United Kingdom was dragging its feet were in part of the "tactical stuff that goes on in any negotiation".

He said Today the UK had been clear, the "anti-democratic corrective" had to be removed from the current repurchase Agreement and The Outline of future trade relations in the political Declaration had to be much more ambitious.

"The EU understands our position. Many of the Details spoken of by the technical and political level," he said. "The framework is very clear.

"But of course, the nature of these negotiations is that there is a tendency to trash things, we submit, to the exact requirements. We are not involved. "

The week ahead

Monday: Boris Johnson is the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker for Brexit talks in Luxembourg

Tuesday: The Supreme court begins to examine the legality of Mr Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament to 14. October

on Wednesday The European Parliament to the debate on Brexit



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Source of news: bbc.com

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