BERLIN - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Berlin on Wednesday to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international leaders as the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit looms.
Johnson, in a do-or-die gamble, has insisted Britain will leave the EU on 31 October, no matter whether it has ironed out remaining differences with the bloc or not, at the risk of economic turmoil. The mechanism aims to avoid a "hard border" between EU-member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland, which could raise the threat of renewed sectarian tensions.
Berenberg Bank senior economist Kallum Pickering predicted that "if Johnson hopes to persuade Merkel and Macron to sweet-talk Varadkar into changing his tune, he will likely be disappointed". German media regularly characterises Johnson as a reckless and unprincipled political showman with Trump-style populist tendencies.
"While the prime minister's own government has predicted three months of chaos in case of a no-deal Brexit, the Europeans should not make the mistake of thinking Johnson is bluffing," it said.
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