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Victors get to write history. The European Commission’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has taken advantage of that opportunity in his newly-released La grande illusion. Journal secret du Brexit. Sadly the English translation is not due out until October and my French has decayed too much for me to digest his 500 page account in any reasonable amount of time, even if I could get my hands on a copy. But the English language reviews have picked out many telling anecdotes. Perhaps our readers of the French press will fill in other tidbits. Barnier’s tome is important not just as a detailed account from one of the few who has a comprehensive view of the talks but also by the fact that he’s flirting with entering the race for President of France next year. By contrast, the UK’s negotiations were afflicted not just by regime change in the form of the ouster of Theresa May but also the revolving door of the Foreign Minister and Brexit Secretary posts. And the drip-drip-drip of ba

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