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And Sylvie Bermann has poured cold water on the idea of ​​Britain rejoining the EU, admitting: “We have to accept things as they are.” Bermann, who served as France’s representative to the UK from 2014 to 2017, made headlines this week after he described the Prime Minister as a ‘liar’.

However, he noted that the then mayor of London had made it clear that he did not take his opinion particularly seriously.

Shortly after the UK voted to leave the bloc for almost five years, Ms Bermann invited Johnson, who had campaigned for the leave by vote, to her official residence in London to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Bastille.

Johnson stood up to give a speech, but things took an awkward turn when several British guests started booing him.

Boris Johnson just laughed at Sylvie Bermann’s Brexit warning, he admitted (Image: GETTY)

Boris Johnson’s speech in 2016 had sparked boos, Bermann said (Image: GETTY)

I told him that things were going to get very difficult for the UK and that he needed to understand. He just laughed

Sylvie Bermann

Ms Bermann told the New European: “I was embarrassed because he was my guest, so I decided to accompany him to his car when he left shortly after.

“He was saying it was just a few Remainers and not to worry because everything was going to be okay.

“I told him that things were going to get very difficult for the UK and that he needed to understand. He just laughed.

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Sylvie Bermann was France’s Ambassador to the UK from 2014 to 2017 (Image: GETTY)

Since then, Ms Bermann has written a book entitled Goodbye Britannia in which she regrets the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

During the course of the interview, the 67-year-old, who describes Johnson as a “inveterate liar,” clearly expressed her contempt for Brexit and described it as a “mind-blowing, masochistic comedy.”

Making it clear that he blamed Johnson heavily, he suggested that he would use the upcoming G7 summit and the COP 26 climate change conference, both hosted by the UK, to emphasize the UK’s influence on the world stage.

However, she added: “After that, I’m not so sure. Brexiters had pinned their hopes on a new relationship with the United States, but President Biden’s main concern is his relationship with China.

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Boris Johnson during the 2019 general election campaign (Image: GETTY)

David Cameron had been confident of victory, said Ms Bermann (Image: GETTY)

Berman exclaimed: “The EU, as the first trading bloc, will be important to help develop that.

“It seems to me that the great continents will shape the new world order and how the UK will make its presence felt as an independent group of countries is not entirely clear.”

When the referendum was called, then-prime minister and remaining David Cameron assured Ms. Bermann that she would win comfortably, but she was uneasy.

Referring to a vote that resulted, like Brexit, as a blow to Brussels, she said: “I was never a fan of referenda because they are always unpredictable.

Brexit Timeline (Image: Express)

“We had one in France in 2005 on whether the country should ratify the proposed EU constitution and it was complicated.

Cameron, however, was confident. We asked him if we could help in any way and he insisted that he could handle it on his own.

In the end, things turned out very differently, and Ms Bermann has little confidence that the UK will return to the fold.

She said: ‘The only party in England that went into the last election with that as a policy was the Lib Dems and it didn’t work out well for them.

Sir Keir Starmer was now reluctant to use the word Brexit, Ms Bermann said (Image: GETTY)

“Sir Keir Starmer is reluctant to use the word ‘Brexit’ because he is aware of how many of his own supporters support the policy, so it is difficult.

“A month after the UK left, there were a lot of people in Europe saying that the door was still open if they wanted to go back, but no one says that now.”

“It got too rough. Some wonder if the UK voted to return, would they stay?

“It makes me very sad because I love the UK and it has played a huge role in shaping the EU and making it what it is today, but I guess we have to accept things as they are.”

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