European Union (EU) President Donald Tusk says former London mayor and Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson has “political amnesia” after Johnson compared the EU’s unifying agenda to Adolf Hitler’s plan to rule the continent.
Speaking at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tusk said, “When I hear the EU being compared to the plans and projects of Adolf Hitler I cannot remain silent.”
“Such absurd arguments should be completely ignored if they hadn’t been formulated by one of the most influential politicians in the ruling party,” he said.
“Boris Johnson crossed the boundaries of a rational discourse, demonstrating political amnesia,” he added.
Tusk was responding to comments Johnson made in an interview with The Daily Telegraph, published Sunday, in which he said that attempts to unify Europe always failed.