Remain protesters greet Boris Johnson after Juncker meeting

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Pro-EU protesters were ready to greet Boris Johnson in Luxembourg as he left his first meeting as British Prime Minister with commission president Jean-Claude Juncker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Go home Boris” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stop Brexit” were among the loudest cries in the barrage directed at the Prime Minister after he left a two-hour lunch alongside the EU’s chief&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;working lunch” between the prominent Brexiteer and the president of the institution he is vocally desperate to leave was described by Mr Juncker as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;friendly” and as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;constructive” by Downing Street&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But it also contained tensions and there was little sign of any breakthrough&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And&comma; Number 10 added&comma; the leaders agreed that discussions would have to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;intensify” and should soon take place daily&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The setting of a closed-off restaurant situated in an 18th-century house&comma; and not an EU or UK building&comma; was said by officials to be a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;neutral location” for their Brexit discussions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They talked about the ongoing discussions between the UK and the EU in the hope of finding a way forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But their rhetoric has long suggested they remain far apart – with the Irish backstop to prevent a hard border remaining a major sticking point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The setting for the meeting was described by Michelin guide inspectors described the restaurant as being &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;steeped in charm” and seeking to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;enhance and develop the strength of classical dishes”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;menu gourmand” costs 55 euro – or £48 with the falling price of sterling amid Brexit chaos and uncertainty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Foie gras&comma; fillet of beef with an apple fondant and mushrooms or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the inevitable” creme brulee are all options for the customer with a big enough wallet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the restaurant itself was closed to the public&comma; the streets were not and British Remain-backers headed to the square to call on the PM to hold another referendum or revoke Article 50&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think the whole referendum was based on a pack of lies&comma;”<&sol;em> said Anthea MacDonald&comma; a retired teacher who has gained dual citizenship from Luxembourg since the referendum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And as time has gone on&comma; more and more people have come to realise that they would rather Remain&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A police officer approached the protesters to politely ask them to move on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He asked the crowd which side of the debate they were on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-google-query-id&equals;"CLjE7I7e1eQCFVGB7QodFJMH2w">&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We want to stay in the EU&comma;”<&sol;em> they told him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Good&comma;”<&sol;em> he replied&comma; sticking two thumbs up and grinning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The protesters returned after their own lunches and made voices known to the PM&comma; largely drowning out questions from the press&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Johnson hastily left in a car without giving any answers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed9e47af9b1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; 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