The European Parliament's Brexit coordinator said the comments were infantile and showed a lack of maturity.
he will meet the Halloween exit deadline regardless.
Johnson remains defiant even though the British Parliament has passed a law requiring him to seek an extension to the deadline if no deal is reached. He has also lost his working majority in Parliament and been told by Scotland's highest court thatIn the interview, Johnson portrays himself as being more convinced than ever that Britain will break with the EU at the end of October.
"Even to Trumpian standards the Hulk comparison is infantile," he tweeted. "Is the EU supposed to be scared by this? The British public impressed?"Juncker, who has downplayed hopes of a breakthrough at Monday's meeting, also expressed alarm that many people in Britain seem to feel a British departure without a deal with the EU would be a positive thing."It would be terrible chaos," he said in an interview with Germany's Deutschlandfunk radio.
Britain's Supreme Court this week will rule on whether Johnson overstepped the law when he shut the legislature for a crucial five-week period.
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