U.K.’s Johnson Warns Hollande Not to Act Like a Movie Nazi
- Says French president shouldn’t hand out ‘punishment beatings’
- Foreign Secretary risks offending EU before Brexit talks
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson applied his unique style to the delicate Brexit negotiations by warning French president Francois Hollande against behaving like a Nazi in a World War II movie.
Johnson made the comments during a foreign-policy conference in India on Wednesday when he was asked if Britain will be made to pay a price for leaving the European Union.