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Some key quotes from @MichelBarnier's book The Grand Illusion: 2/ On his meeting with Nigel Farage, who, he says, told him the £350m Vote Leave bus message was a mistake:

How significant were @vonderleyen's remarks to the European Parliament this morning?One senior EU diplomat says takes note in particular of her opening words. "Frankly, I cannot tell you today if

New: The Irish govt has been pressing the EU and UK to allow NI exporters to benefit from existing and future EU free trade agreements, @rtenews understands. 2/ Under the

BREAKING: The EU is seeking to have some 15 customs + veterinary staff working alongside UK officials at NI ports to ensure the proper implementation of the NI Protocol, @rtenews

Quick take from Brussels on @BorisJohnson’s No Deal threat: Officials are relatively relaxed. Note @vonderleyen tweet saying that negotiations will resume on Monday, ie business as usual... Ongoing bemusement over

The EU is considering making a more explicit link between energy and fish as the Brexit negotiations enter a critical phase, @rtenews understands. 2/ A number of sources have confirmed

Following this morning's briefing of EU foreign + Europe ministers by @MichelBarnier in Luxembourg here's a sense of expectations ahead of this week's #EUCO: 2/ The EU wants to dedramatise

Some potentially conciliatory remarks by Irish foreign minister @simoncoveney on the Internal Mkt Bill standoff, following today's General Affairs Council in Brussels: 1/ Coveney said the interim between when the

Breaking: @MichelBarnier has told EU ambassadors that legal action against the UK remains on the table, but will be used only at the "appropriate time" 2/ During a briefing this

.@vonderleyen on Internal Market Bill“This WA took 3 years to negotiate and we worked relentlessly on it, line by line, word by word. And together we succeeded. And the result

How does the NI Protocol entangle the UK in the EU's state aid rules? Here's an attempt to explain the issues: 1/ As NI will be a de facto member

Hard to know what to make of @pmdfoster story on the Internal Market Bill and the NI Protocol, except to say that Peter has been unfailingly accurate and painstakingly diligent