Spain
An analysis piece in the newspaper El Mundo says the Queen will be “relieved” at the resignation of Mr Johnson.
The article lists the range of embarrassments the Queen has suffered as a result of the Prime Minister’s actions, from allegations that she was misled by Mr Johnson over the 2019 suspension of parliament to the party at 10 Downing Street the night before. the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Spanish newspaper El País said Johnson’s logic-defying grip on power had finally loosened, after years of being “forgiven for sins that other leaders would condemn”.
The daily noted that “there were cracks in Johnson’s kingdom that became black holes, despite the perennial joviality of a leader who hates giving bad news and who, according to those who know him best, craves above all else. to the approval of others”†
La Vanguardia said Mr Johnson had shown his fatal flaw to be “arrogance” in failing to see that the game was over and had to be hailed from his desk “as a protester tied to the train tracks”.
“Any normal leader would have seen his fate determined by Wednesday night, as in those tragedies he is passionate about, where the characters (Hamlet, Macbeth, Henry V…) have a fatal character flaw that can lead to their downfall. Boris’ case it was arrogance, thinking he was above others, with one set of rules for him and another for the rest of humanity,” wrote La Vanguardia’s British correspondent.
Poland
Donald Tusk, who chaired the European Council during much of the Brexit negotiations, attacked the prime minister.
“Boris Johnson is a controversial figure,” he said. “And I’m not just talking about the scandals that came with his premiership, but especially about how it got involved in Brexit, its ambiguous relations with Russian business in the UK and how he worked with the Russians during Brexit.”
However, he praised the UK for its support for Ukraine.
Hong-Kong
Regina Ip, a prominent pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong stepped in on Twitter:
“Ask Boris and that woman Liz Truss!” she wrote.