Boris Johnson crossed line with Hitler reference: Tusk

Copenhagen / AFP

European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday criticised the former conservative mayor of London Boris Johnson for having “crossed boundaries” by saying the European Union was behaving like Adolf Hitler. “I cannot stay silent,” Tusk told reporters in Copenhagen. Johnson, a leading campaigner for Britain to leave the EU, had “crossed boundaries” of acceptable political debate, Tusk said. “Such absurd arguments should be completely ignored if they hadn’t been formulated by one the most influential politicians of the ruling party,” Tusk added.