4: Michel Barnier: The Truth Behind Brexit
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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The Unification of the 27
You were appointed as the unique negotiator and you were there throughout the five-year period representing the three institutions. You had this British system where ministers were reshuffled very frequently, where the civil servants were there permanently and the ministers were coming in and out. It's possible, we're worried, that it would have been more efficient for the Brits to have permanent negotiator, but the ambassador was there and took a large place,. The key point is to know what is the link and what is the level of trust between who negotiate and who decide. And on my side, I was a single negotiator, but this unity of the 27 was not given by chance to not fall from the sky
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