Johnson urges EU to leave doors open for Britain

New British foreign minister and lead Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson urged the EU Monday to leave its doors open on strategic issues and promised Britain would continue to play a "leading role" in Europe. Meeting his EU peers in Brussels for the first time since his shock appointment, the normally ebullient Johnson was on his best behaviour after infuriating them in the Brexit run-up by comparing EU ambitions for closer integration to Adolf Hitler's. This would be especially true in foreign pol