UK press (Telegraph, may be gated) on comments from Phil Hogan, nominated as the EU trade commissioner last month.
- Boris Johnson will renege on his legal commitment to exit the Brexit transition period by the end of 2020, the EU's trade commissioner
- "In the past, we saw the way the prime minister promised to die in the ditch rather than extend the deadline for Brexit, only for him to do just that. I don't believe prime minister Johnson will die in the ditch over the timeline for the future relationship either."
