The Brief from Brussels: Boris Johnson job causes ripples abroad

By Euronews

Published on 15/07/2016 - 01:22

This is the brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

In this episode: Boris Johnson is appointed as Britain’s new foreign secretary, leading to many raised eyebrows at home and abroad; his French counterparts goes as far as calling him a liar, and former European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso comes under fire once more for accepting a job at Goldman Sachs.