Key excerpts from the newly published diaries of the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator
Tory quarrels determined UK’s post-Brexit future, says Barnier
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, has released his long-awaited diaries. Here he is in his own words on some of Brexit’s key personalities and issues:
On the then prime minister Theresa May: “Direct, convinced by what she says, keen to impose her authority. A slight rigidity in her figure and her attitudes … A courageous woman surrounded by a lot of men busy putting their personal interests before those of their country.”