What does Brussels really think of Boris Johnson’s bluster?

Goodwill towards the new prime minister has faded, Europe Correspondent Jon Stone writes

The PM is making a bad impression (EPA)

Boris Johnson has been prime minister for a few months now and the Brussels machine has had time to get to know him a bit.

When Mr Johnson took office, diplomats and officials seemed genuinely willing to give the new prime minister a chance. There was a real move away fromf the increasingly hardline “no negotiations” rhetoric that characterised the preceding few months.

While the new official stance of being open to talks has survived – and officials are heading back and forth with regularity – the goodwill has not.