Perfidious Albion: why French faith in Boris Johnson has nosedived

Emmanuel Macron's government thinks UK wishes to use France to keep Brexit alive in British politics

Boris Johnson's foreign policy is 80% driven by short-term domestic political interests that make it impossible to come to stable arrangements with him, senior French sources have concluded.

Paris is increasingly convinced the British prime minister is not interested in solving the bilateral problems weighing down the relationship, and instead wants to use France as a running sore to keep Brexit alive in British politics.