French Journalist, Christine Ockrent tells CNN's Fareed Zakaria: "Boris Johnson is seen on the continent as a sort of Trump-like populist, albeit better educated, who last year said a No Deal Brexit would be a catastrophe for us... 1/4

then the day before yesterday said 'Wouldn't No Deal be wonderful, we could do whatever we want.'" Boris Johnson and his team got self-deluded. They did not understand that the bloc of 27 member states would stick together... 2/4

The Brits have tried and will keep trying to break that consensus. it hasn't worked. Because the EU knows that the biggest asset in the EU in economic terms is the Single Market... 3/4

The key issue has to do with these rules. We saw The British govt, the country which brought us the Rule of Law, break the very agreement they made on the Irish Border, saw Boris Johnson trample on it." 4/4