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Boris Johnson has put Brussels on guard by comparing himself to "the incredible Hulk" before his decisive meeting on Monday with the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, the "premier" said the United Kingdom will remove "the shackles of the EU" and recalled the formula for the success of the green Marvel character.

"The crazier, the stronger ... Hulk always escaped no matter how much he was tied, and that is what can happen with this country. We will leave on October 31 and end this," Johnson said.

"The comparison with Hulk is childish even if we take Donald Trump as a reference," replied the European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt. "Are you supposed to scare the EU? Or impress the British?"

Even actor Mark Ruffalo, who played Hulk on the big screen, has mediated the controversy and reminded Johnson that "being strong and crazy can be destructive" and that his character is "a real disaster when he works alone and not in team".

Boris Johnson will emphasize on Monday to Jean-Claude Juncker his firm intention to leave the EU on the stipulated date and his resignation to request a new extension of three months, despite the extreme Brexit veto law approved by Parliament.

In his weekly article in The Daily Telegraph, Johnson said he believes "with passion" in the possibility of an agreement with Brussels before the European summit on October 17 and 18, after having focused almost exclusively on accelerating plans for the " no deal "since he came to power in late July.

In the last week the approach between London and Brussels has taken shape before the possibility that the "safeguard" to avoid the return to the hard border between the two Irlandas - the main obstacle in the negotiation - be applied exclusively to Northern Ireland and Not to the rest of the UK. The idea was rejected by Theresa May for considering that it would compromise the territorial integrity of the country, but Johnson has decided to reactivate it and has held talks with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to try to reach a compromise.

Downing Street has, however, lowered the expectations of a principle of agreement at the Johnson and Juncker meeting. In a previous statement, Johnson has warned that the message that will take Brussels will be the "no" to a new extension of Brexit, convinced as it is that "it would only serve to increase rancor and divisions" and that it would cost millions of pounds to the British.

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