The European Commission president's hardline comments came as the PM met Angela Merkel, who hailed the "good progress" in negotiations.Meanwhile, the fanatical Europhile who heads the European Parliament's Brexit team last night insisted that Brits ALREADY regret the vote to quit the EU.
Mrs May and Mr Juncker are both in Estonia for a summit of European leaders.
Speaking as he arrived at the meeting in Tallinn, the former Luxembourg PM suggested that Mrs May's Florence speech had made no difference to the progress of talks.
He said formal trade negotiations would not be able to start next month as scheduled because the two sides have not struck a deal on the rights of EU citizens living in BritainMr Juncker told reporters: "By the end of October we will not have sufficient progress.
"At the end of this week I am saying that that there will be no sufficient progress from now until October unless miracles would happen."
His jibes echo the words of chief Brexit negotiator Michael Barnier, who said yesterday that it could be "months" before trade talks start.
"The Prime Minister and the Chancellor both agreed on the importance of settling the issue of citizens’ rights at the earliest opportunity."Mrs May is determined to hold personal talks with leaders including Mrs Merkel and Emmanuel Macron as a way of bypassing the Brussels bureaucracy.
Speaking in London last night, Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt insisted that Brits were being forced to leave the EU "against their will".He also claimed that the UK was too small to function on its own without being part of a larger bloc.
Mr Verhofstadt told an audience at the London School of Economics: "The world of tomorrow is a world of empires. And only a united Europe will play a role of significance."
He is the European Parliament's chief representative on Brexit and is set to advise MEPs to vote against starting the next round of talks.
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