Bettel took a harsher line in his remarks after escorting Johnson out, urging the British prime minister to "stop speaking and act", and to stop trying to pass the blame to the EU for the consequences of a decision taken by the British people in the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Bettel alichukua msimamo mkali zaidi katika matamshi yake baada ya kumsindikiza Johnson nje, akimtaka waziri mkuu wa Uingereza "kuacha kusema na kuchukua hatua", na kuacha kujaribu kupeleka lawama kwa EU kwa matokeo ya uamuzi uliochukuliwa na watu wa Uingereza huko. Kura ya maoni ya Brexit 2016.