- Title: Breaking protocol - Moments in 2019 when politics got personal
- Date: 17th December 2019
- Summary: Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel lashed out at Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson on September 16 for failing to propose serious alternatives to unlock a Brexit deal before the October 31 divorce date and seeking to blame the bloc for the stalemate. Bettel spoke after meeting with his British counterpart who was heckled from the start of his visit with dozens of Britons - many of them pensioners living in Luxembourg - booing, chanting and holding banners. Johnson was due to address journalists alongside Bettel in the courtyard after their meeting but left straight away, saying later that it wouldn't have been fair on the Luxembourg prime minister to hold a news conference amid a din of protests. LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG (FILE - SEPTEMBER 16, 2019) (REUTERS) LUXEMBOURG'S PRIME MINISTER XAVIER BETTEL, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON COMING OUT OF LUXEMBOURG GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS 'HOTEL SAINT MAXIMIN' AFTER THEIR MEETING / PROTESTERS BOOING PROTESTERS BOOING BETTEL ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE BETTEL GIVING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) LUXEMBOURG PRIME MINISTER, XAVIER BETTEL, SAYING: "Now it's on Mr. Johnson (Pointing at his empty lectern). He holds the future of all UK citizens and every EU citizens living in the UK in his hands. It's his responsibility." U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, where he demurred on whether he'd meet with his Iranian counterpart. As he entered the room, teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg watched on quietly from across the room. UNITED NATIONS (FILE - SEPTEMBER 23, 2019) (REUTERS) SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG WAITING IN HALL / U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKING INTO SHOT
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