Juncker disagrees with Muscat: Says UK will leave EU despite 'density of problems'
Brexit will still happen despite the UK becoming more aware of the "density of problems" during withdrawal negotiations, Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
The European Commission president said he disagreed with Maltese prime minister Joseph Muscat, who said last week he saw "hopeful signs" that "Brexit will not happen".
His comments come amid increasing Conservative Party tensions over the Brexit process, with Cabinet ministers publicly disagreeing over the potential terms of a transition phase after Britain's expected exit in March 2019.
Mr Juncker told Politico: "People will become more and more conscious of the density of problems on a daily basis, without always being able to provide a coherent answer to these problems."
But the Commission president said he still expected Britain to leave the European Union.
"I don't go as far as the Maltese prime minister who has not ruled out that it will not come to Brexit," he said. "My working hypothesis is that it will come to Brexit."
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