Macron privately called Boris Johnson a ‘clown’, says French magazine

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The French president, Emmanuel Macron, referred to Boris Johnson in a private conversation as a clown", according to reports in France.

The political magazine Le Canard enchaine, often described as the French equivalent of Private Eye, reported Macron as saying the British prime minister has the attitude of a vulgarian".