Not our problem! Gloating EU boasts about UK Brexit crisis as Lord Frost row erupts – Daily Express

Emmanuel Macron has been brutally torn apart over his "vendetta" against Brexit Britain, with one leading foreign policy expert branding him "desperate and pathetic".

The French President has been a fierce critic of the UK's departure from the European Union - right from the early stages of negotiations to the withdrawal agreement to the present day over access for France's fishermen to British territorial waters. But the row between the English Channel neighbours exploded to new levels last week when Mr Macron reportedly branded Boris Johnson a "clown" and a "knucklehead".

The scathing assessment of the Prime Minister has threatened to fuel the already bitter diplomatic row between London and Paris.

These comments attributed to the French President were made privately to a small group of his advisers during a visit to Croatia the previous week, French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine reported.

Mr Macron had reportedly attacked the Prime Minister for looking to make France a "scapegoat" for Brexit, which he claimed had been "catastrophic" for the UK.

He has already been left furious after Mr Johnson posted a letter he sent the French President outlining proposals for tackling the migrant crisis on Twitter.

But Nile Gardiner, a foreign policy analyst and former aide to Margaret Thatcher, has launched a scathing attack against the French President, telling Express.co.uk: "It is a bit rich of Macron to be calling Boris a clown because Macron is one of the least popular presidents in French history.

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Not our problem! Gloating EU boasts about UK Brexit crisis as Lord Frost row erupts - Daily Express