Michel Barnier
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Michel Jean Barnier is a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from September to December 2024. A member of a series of successive neo-Gaullist parties, Barnier served in several French government positions under prime ministers from Édouard Balladur to François Fillon from 1993 to 2009.
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Official portrait of Barnier as EU Commissioner, 1999
Barnier in 2014
Barnier at the European People's Party conference in Rotterdam, June 2022
Barnier with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, 13 November 2024
Barnier speaking about Brexit in the European Parliament in January 2019In their own words 10
On the EU side, we had intense discussions with EU member states on the need to guarantee the integrity of the EU's single market, while keeping that border fully open.
Brexit: Michel Barnier rejects demands for backstop to be axed BBC News (1 September 2019)
Everybody will have to pay a price - EU and UK - because there is no added value to Brexit. Brexit is a negative negotiation. It is a lose-lose game for everybody.
10 things that stopped Brexit happening BBC News (18 July 2019)
No deal was never our desire or intended scenario but the EU 27 is now prepared. It becomes day after day more likely.
Brexit: MPs push to prevent no-deal in law BBC News (2 April 2019)
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Jean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgAlso won Gold Olympic OrderAbout this person
Michel Jean Barnier is a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from September to December 2024. A member of a series of successive neo-Gaullist parties, Barnier served in several French government positions under prime ministers from Édouard Balladur to François Fillon from 1993 to 2009. At the European Union (EU) level, Barnier was Commissioner for Regional Policy from 1999 to 2004, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services from 2010 to 2014 and vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) from 2010 to 2015. From 2016 to 2021, he was the EU's chief negotiator on Britain's exit from the EU.
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