Merkel ally claims ‘Britain is joining the ranks of despots’

German politicians have been understandably fired up about Boris Johnson’s plan to breach the Brexit treaty. While the relationship between the two countries already suffered during the Brexit negotiations, allies of chancellor Angela Merkel are astonished by Johnson’s recent actions. They believe that the UK will become an unreliable partner if the treaty will be broken. However, one lawmaker from Merkel’s Christian Democrats went a step too far in condemning Britain. 

Backbencher Detlef Seif has made some waves in recent times with his statements on Brexit and EU politics. But nothing is likely to surpass his comment this week as to what is unfolding across the North Sea. Seif, who is the Brexit rapporteur for the parliamentary group of Merkel’s conservatives, said: 

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‘The United Kingdom was for me, in the past, always a state that upheld the rule of law and with which one could negotiate.