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Radio France Internationale
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Michael Fitzpatrick

French press delight as Boris Johnson flounders and fulminates

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to get a grip. AP - Daniel Leal

While the French daily newspapers continue to sift through the debris in the wake of the announcement of the second Elisabeth Borne cabinet, there is a sense of blessed relief as the same papers report on the intestinal disorders of London's ruling Conservatives.

"So far," says Le Monde, "Boris Johnson has seemed capable of surviving any number of scandals." Will the lastest, in which the prime minister is accused of lying to protect an MP, prove his downfall, wonders the centrist daily.

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