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Boris Johnson’s rotten regime has not covered itself in glory. / For an un-jaundiced sense of how post-Brexit – sorry Global – Britain is viewed from abroad as the wheels fall off Boris Johnson’s rotten regime, Italy is a good place to start.
German analysis of Britain’s current political impasse has been making the rounds on Twitter – with no translation needed.
Evan Davis interviews Sandro Gozi, Italy's undersecretary for European affairs about Theresa May's vision for Brexit.
Sigmar Gabriel says Germany cannot ‘raise drawbridge’ on UK’s young people who want to remain EU citizens.
Die Zeit says the prime minister should resign while El País appeared to praise the judges.
Brexit: The view from France
10/02/2021
The French response to Brexit has not quite been a Gallic shrug. But it's not been far off. PAULINE SCHNAPPER explains the view from Paris.
The latest twist was likened to a TV saga, and no one knows what the ending will be.
Observers suggest PM’s failure could spell end of ‘wishful thinking’ of a sovereign Britain going its own way. / Six years on from the Brexit referendum, continental observers have become used to Westminster meltdowns – but many see in the latest cataclysm the inevitable finale of a project that was always divorced from reality.
Rapt observers around the globe are confused, amused and saddened by a crisis that has torn Britain’s reputation for stability to shreds.
'Another mad day in Brexitland': How Europe's press reported on Boris Johnson's humiliation in parliament
04/09/2019
‘In defeat, some people become quiet and humble, but Boris Johnson is not known to be such a person’
Britain is facing a rough road that holds little prospect of promised glory days.
Europe Letter: UK’s reputation diminished as EU capitals digest declaration to break law
Johnson's Brexit drama grips European press
05/09/2019
The latest twists in the Westminster Brexit drama are gripping Europe's newspapers.
It’s time to tell us what you want, ministers say, as European press tears into PM.
European commentators weigh in on what Britain’s departure from the EU means.
Publications across EU condemn Boris Johnson’s plans to ‘disapply’ parts of withdrawal agreement
INCREASING support for independence, the upcoming Holyrood election and Scotland’s removal from the EU are the focus of several news stories across Germany this morning.
Arrival of ‘clown who wanted to be king’ at No 10 is greeted with scepticism in Europe.
EU’s seizing of initiative and avoidance of Theresa May’s ‘trap’ hailed by foreign press
‘A new nadir’ for Britain: How Europe’s press reacted to ‘shameless clown’ Boris Johnson taking control
24/07/2019
‘A proud country dwarfs itself’ – what the continent is saying about the UK’s new prime minister.
“We tried to talk you out of it, but you decided otherwise. Now you have to face the consequences.”
The British press helped condone austerity. It's now blinding us to the stupidity of Brexit. If you talk to almost anyone overseas, except those at the right-wing extreme (like Trump) or part of a tiny minority of the left, their reaction to Brexit is similar that of the former prime minister of Finland.
A disorderly Brexit would be a disaster for Britain and its citizens, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told Reuters, adding that the latest signals from London “do not raise excessive hopes for an agreement”.