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		</div><p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s trip to the continent makes headlines in Tuesday’s papers with some calling it a “humiliation” and others an “ambush”.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson travelled to Luxembourg for his first face-to-face meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker since entering Downing Street.</p>
<p>But it was an afternoon press conference – where Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel continued despite Mr Johnson pulling out a speech due to the noise of protesters – which has become one of the main talking points.</p>
<p>The Daily Mail leads with the headline Le Stitch Up, referring to Mr Bettel’s actions as a “calculated diplomatic snub”.</p>
<p>The paper’s leader column adds that Brussels is “playing with fire” if it wills Mr Johnson to fail.</p>
<p>The column says: <em>“The Prime Minister came in peace – to begin negotiations over risotto for an eleventh-hour Brexit deal with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guardian front page, Tuesday 17 September 2019: Johnson left humiliated as Brexit visit ends in chaos <a href="https://t.co/21tkbY7IK4">pic.twitter.com/21tkbY7IK4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Guardian (@guardian) <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1173705503161094145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“Instead, he found himself served up as the dish in a media stunt designed to publicly humiliate him.</em></p>
<p><em>“The Prime Minister must keep his calm and remain focused on a deal. In doing so, he forces his opponents to show their true colours. Whatever happens, he must not be the cause of failure.”</em></p>
<p><em>“No wonder Britain voted to quit the EU”</em> runs the headline in the Daily Express, while the Daily Telegraph says Mr Johnson walked into an “ambush”.</p>
<p>Their leader, similar to that of the Mail, questions whether the EU is serious about wanting a deal with Mr Johnson’s UK.</p>
<p><em>“His working lunch with Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier was an opportunity to reset the negotiations and put them on course for an agreement by October 31,”</em> it says.</p>
<p><em>“Instead, there was a deliberate attempt to humiliate the British Prime Minister by staging a press conference from which he was absent.</em></p>
<p><em>“The ’empty lectern’ approach adopted by Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s prime minister, was hardly a friendly or constructive act.”</em></p>
<p>The Sun refers to the EU’s “snakes”, saying that “decency and courtesy” saw seen the press conference moved inside, while the Daily Mirror calls Mr Johnson a “hulking great mess”, with its leader saying “Boris Johnson is not the Incredible Hulk, he’s the Incompetent Sulk”.</p>
<p><em>“If he can’t take the heat, he should get out of the kitchen. This is a moment in history when a statesman is needed, not this big baby,”</em> it adds.</p>
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