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Michel Barnier, chief EU Brexit negotiator: We need to be together in a fragile world

Michel Barnier, chief EU Brexit negotiator: We need to be together in a fragile world

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Katya Adler speaks to EU negotiator Michel Barnier 10 years on since the Brexit vote

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Katya Adler speaks to Michel Barnier who served as the EU’s chief
Brexit negotiator, on the 10th anniversary of the highly
consequential referendum.

On 23 June 2016, the British public went to the polls to decide
its future with the European Union. An unusually high number of
people voted, and by 52% to 48%, the decision was to leave the
bloc.

Barnier, then a European Commissioner who had served as a
minister in a number of French governments, represented the EU at
negotiations to help agree the terms of the UK’s departure and
future relationship.

It was a long, hard process, with the UK seeing three different
prime ministers from 10 Downing Street before formally leaving
the Union in January 2020.

Monsieur Barnier reflects on the UK’s decision and how both
European and international politics have changed since. The
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Presenter: Katya Adler Producer: Ben Cooper and Kathy Long
Editor: Damon Rose

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(Image: Michel Barnier. Credit: PA.)