# michel-barnier - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator was awarded the European of the Year award by EM Ireland today.
# michel-barnier - Friday 25 December, 2020
# Christmas Briefing
# Christmas Briefing
Late haggling over the deal meant it was not concluded until Christmas Eve, days before current trading arrangements expire at the end of December.
# michel-barnier - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Groundhog Day
# Groundhog Day
Michel Barnier said earlier: “There is a chance of getting an agreement but the path to such an agreement is very narrow.”
# michel-barnier - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Getting There
# Getting There
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen reportedly said that talks were “on the very last mile”.
# michel-barnier - Monday 7 December, 2020
# End Game
'Significant differences' remain on the level playing field, fisheries and governance Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said new problems on fisheries had arisen The House of Commons votes to reject Lords' amendments to Internal Market Bill, but UK government agrees to 'deactivate' contentious clauses if there is a trade deal
# michel-barnier - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Lord Frost and Michel Barnier are attempting to resolve the remaining issues.
# michel-barnier - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Time Is Ticking
# Time Is Ticking
Michel Barnier has briefed EU ambassadors on the negotiations amid little signs of progress as time runs out.
# michel-barnier - Monday 30 November, 2020
# Now Or Never
# Now Or Never
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday that there was ‘a deal to be done’.
# michel-barnier - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Time is running short for a deal to be in place before the transition period expires at the end of the year.
# michel-barnier - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Get It Done
# Get It Done
Number 10 has said that it’s “entirely possible that negotiations will not succeed”.
# michel-barnier - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# Endgame
# Endgame
The key issues of contention remain fishing rights, the governance of any deal and the “level playing field” aimed at preventing unfair competition.
# michel-barnier - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Clock Is Ticking
# Clock Is Ticking
The transition period in which to agree a trade deal between the EU and UK ends on 31 December.
# michel-barnier - Tuesday 20 October, 2020
# Impasse
# Impasse
The latest impasse over Brexit comes with only 10 weeks left to secure a post-Brexit transition trade deal.
# michel-barnier - Monday 19 October, 2020
# Looming Deadline
# Looming Deadline
The British government has launched a ‘time is running out’ campaign urging businesses to get ready for the end of the transition period on 31 December.
# michel-barnier - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Coveney has said the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has Ireland’s full support.
# michel-barnier - Friday 11 September, 2020
# No Deal
# No Deal
The UK has said that it won’t drop measures that would undermine the Withdrawal Agreement.
# michel-barnier - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Trade
# Trade
Trade talks will resume in London today.
# michel-barnier - Monday 7 September, 2020
# Explainer
# Explainer
EU-UK trade talks are set to start up again tomorrow.
# michel-barnier - Sunday 6 September, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
David Frost was speaking in an interview with the Mail on Sunday.
# michel-barnier - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The EU’s Chief negotiator said that the UK side “continues to disappoint” on three main issues in Brexit trade talks.
# michel-barnier - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# Brexit Deadlock
# Brexit Deadlock
“On State aid, we have made no progress at all,” Michel Barnier said.
# michel-barnier - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# London Calling
# London Calling
Significant differences remain between the EU and the UK.
# michel-barnier - Monday 29 June, 2020
# The Countdown Is On
# The Countdown Is On
The new round of talks in Brussels will be the first to be held face-to-face since the coronavirus shutdown.
# michel-barnier - Friday 5 June, 2020
# Brexit Negotiations
# Brexit Negotiations
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier lamented that no progress had been made in the fourth round of post-Brexit trade talks
# michel-barnier - Sunday 31 May, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Barnier told The Sunday Times there would not be an “agreement at any cost”.
# michel-barnier - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# Back At Work
# Back At Work
Both men are back at work after recovering from Covid-19.
# michel-barnier - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said he is “in good spirits”.
# michel-barnier - Monday 27 January, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
Michel Barnier met with Varadkar and Helen McEntee this morning in government buildings.
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Taoiseach is meeting with the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Dublin this morning.
# michel-barnier - Sunday 15 December, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Michael Gove said Simon Coveney “takes a different view” to those who dismiss the possibility of getting a trade deal sorted next year.
# michel-barnier - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Catch 22
# Catch 22
One must decide on granting an extension and the other must decide on holding an election.
# michel-barnier - Friday 11 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The talks will indicate whether discussions between the Taoiseach and Prime Minister Boris Johnson paved way for a potential breakthrough.
# michel-barnier - Friday 27 September, 2019
# 35 Days To Go
# 35 Days To Go
The meeting took place against the backdrop of a chaotic week in UK politics.
# michel-barnier - Friday 20 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Barclay and Barnier discussed three papers submitted by London with ideas on replacing the so-called ‘backstop’.
# michel-barnier - Thursday 12 September, 2019
# DIVORCE DEAL
# DIVORCE DEAL
Barnier’s stark assessment came as MEPs said there can be no Brexit deal without the Irish backstop.
# michel-barnier - Sunday 1 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Opposition MP Sir Keir Starmer said Gove’s comments were “breathtaking”.
# Deal Or No Deal
# Deal Or No Deal
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier made his comments in Britain’s Sunday Telegraph today.
# michel-barnier - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘up the tempo’ on talks to remove the backstop ahead of Brexit.
# michel-barnier - Thursday 18 July, 2019
# No Magic
# No Magic
Frans Timmermans doesn’t mince his words in an interview about the ongoing Brexit saga.
# michel-barnier - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier was in Dublin meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today.
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