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Michel Barnier. My Secret Brexit Diary
Table of Contents
Guide
Pages
Praise for My Secret Brexit Diary
MY SECRET BREXIT DIARY. A Glorious Illusion
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Quote
Illustrations
The Main Players. For the UK
For the EU
A Warning
Notes
Origins of the Referendum
Notes
2016. Friday, 24 June 2016: A rude awakening
Sunday, 26 June 2016: Three British divides
Thursday, 7 July 2016: On the plane with Jean-Claude Juncker
Wednesday, 13 July 2016: Enter Theresa May
Wednesday, 27 July 2016: Provocation?
Monday, 8 August 2016: First names
Wednesday, 31 August 2016: Trio
Sunday, 2 October 2016: Birmingham – Theresa May in the spotlight
Monday, 3 October 2016: Getting started
Tuesday, 4 October 2016: The Hague
Wednesday, 5 October 2016: Bucharest
Thursday, 6 October 2016: ‘Our enemy is the Commission’
Friday, 7 October 2016: Notre Europe
Saturday, 8 October 2016: Theresa May among her own
Monday, 10 October 2016: Warsaw
Monday, 17 October 2016: The financial settlement
Wednesday, 19 October 2016: Ljubljana
Wednesday, 26 October 2016: Zagreb
Friday, 11 November 2016: Focus on strategy
Monday, 21 November 2016: Raising a glass of Prosecco to Boris
Wednesday, 30 November 2016: Facing the press
Thursday, 22 December 2016: Grounded planes?
Notes
2017. Tuesday, 17 January 2017: Lancaster House – Theresa May shows her hand
Thursday, 19 January 2017: Paris, National Assembly
Tuesday, 24 January 2017: UK Parliament
Thursday, 2 February 2017: White Paper
Wednesday, 22 March 2017: European Committee of the Regions
Wednesday, 29 March 2017: Notification
Friday, 31 March 2017: Sadness and regret
Tuesday, 4 April 2017: European Parliament resolution
Wednesday, 5 April 2017: Farage in his element…
Tuesday, 11 April 2017: Sherpas
Wednesday, 12 April 2017: Tensions over Gibraltar
Tuesday, 18 April 2017: Chef’s surprise..
Wednesday, 26 April 2017: Dinner in London
Saturday, 29 April 2017: Green light from the twenty-seven on the negotiation framework
Sunday, 30 April 2017: Leaks
Wednesday, 3 May 2017: Guidelines approved
Friday, 5 May 2017: Florence, Palazzo Vecchio
Sunday, 7 May 2017: A new President of the Republic
Thursday, 11 May 2017: Dublin to Dundalk
Monday, 22 May 2017: Official mandate
Wednesday, 24 May 2017: Battle of the flags
Monday, 29 May 2017: Malta
Tuesday, 30 May 2017: 759 agreements…
Sunday, 11 June 2017: A wager lost…
Monday, 12 June 2017: Talks on the talks
Sunday, 18 June 2017: A breath of fresh air
Monday, 19 June 2017: The first session – at last!
Thursday, 22 June 2017: After-dinner conversation
Friday, 23 June 2017: Europe is back
Tuesday, 27 June 2017: David Davis calling
Saturday, 1 July 2017: Tribute to Helmut Kohl
Monday, 3 July 2017: Fishing in troubled waters
Wednesday, 5 July 2017: Tribute to Simone Veil
Thursday, 6 July 2017: Zeebrugge
Wednesday, 12 July 2017: No whistling, just the clock ticking
Thursday, 13 July 2017: Open day for the British
Monday, 17 July 2017: Round two
Tuesday, 18 July 2017: Money, money, money…
Thursday, 20 July 2017: At the Élysée Palace
Thursday, 10 August 2017: Cypriot imbroglio
Monday, 28 August 2017: No way!
Tuesday, 29 August 2017: Transition period? What transition period?
Wednesday, 30 August 2017: ‘Cornering Barnier’
Thursday, 31 August 2017: ‘Your legal analysis is broadly without merit’
Saturday, 2 September 2017: No lessons to be learned
Thursday, 7 September 2017: A return to myth
Sunday, 17 September 2017: Boris Johnson puts pen to paper
Monday, 18 September 2017: English breakfast
Tuesday, 19 September 2017: The British offensive
Thursday, 21 September 2017: ‘Where there’s a will… ’
Friday, 22 September 2017: In Florence, Theresa May drives the point home
Monday, 25 September 2017: Round four
Tuesday, 3 October 2017: A resolute Parliament
Wednesday, 4 October 2017: Agincourt
Thursday, 5 October 2017: Stockholm
Friday, 6 October 2017: Hard line from the ambassadors
Thursday, 12 October 2017: Brussels – dinner with Theresa May
Friday, 20 October 2017: European Council
Thursday, 9 November 2017: Rome
Monday, 13 November 2017: Warsaw
Friday, 24 November 2017: What remains to be done (in the first phase)
Monday, 27 November 2017: Tallinn
Tuesday, 28 November 2017: Angela Merkel
Sunday, 3 December 2017: Finally, some progress…
Monday, 4 December 2017: The Irish trap
Tuesday, 5 December 2017: London in ferment
Wednesday, 6 December 2017: Olly Robbins in Brussels
Thursday, 7 December 2017: An evening on the phone
Friday, 8 December 2017: Brussels at dawn
Monday, 11 December 2017: Non-binding?
Tuesday, 12 December 2017: Meghan and Harry
Friday, 15 December 2017: European Council and gastronomic competition
Notes
2018. Monday, 8 January 2018: ‘After Brexit, the EU will no longer exist’
Wednesday, 10 January 2018: Gift basket
Monday, 15 January 2018: Remainers
Thursday, 18 January 2018: Concerns in Luxembourg
Monday, 29 January 2018: Transition under duress
Wednesday, 31 January 2018: Some rather belated studies…
Friday, 2 February 2018: Global Britain?
Monday, 5 February 2018: Back to Number 10
Wednesday, 7 February 2018: In Frankfurt with Mario Draghi
Friday, 9 February 2018: An overheated press room
Wednesday, 14 February 2018: Boris Johnson’s organic carrots
Saturday, 17 February 2018: Security and defence in Munich
Wednesday, 21 February 2018: UK delegations
Wednesday, 28 February 2018: Draft treaty
Friday 2 March 2018: Cherry-picking
Saturday, 3 March 2018: With Danish fishermen
Monday, 5 March 2018: First Irish day
Tuesday, 6 March 2018: With the ‘iron ladies’ of the DUP
Monday, 12 March 2018: The outermost regions
Tuesday, 13 March 2018: Plenary session
Thursday, 15 March 2018: Before the twenty-seven ambassadors
Monday, 19 March 2018 – David Davis is back
Wednesday, 21 March 2018: St Patrick’s Day
Thursday, 22 March 2018: Mario Draghi
Friday, 23 March 2018: European Council
Thursday, 5 April 2018: Helsinki
Tuesday, 10 April 2018: Spitzenkandidat
Thursday, 12 April 2018: Prague
Tuesday, 24 April 2018: A new team in Berlin
Thursday, 26 April 2018: Sofia
Sunday, 29 April 2018: The General’s Ireland
Monday, 30 April 2018: A fragile peace on the island of Ireland
Tuesday, 1 May 2018: A difficult job
Monday, 14 May 2018: ‘Little, not “very little”’
Thursday, 17 May 2018: Churchill meets Adenauer…
Saturday, 19 May 2018: Royal wedding
Tuesday, 22 May 2018: Poorer by £900
Saturday, 26 May 2018: Lisbon
Monday, 4 June 2018: Budapest
Thursday, 7 June 2018: David Davis threatens to resign
Friday, 8 June 2018: Backstop means backstop!
Monday, 11 June 2018: Croissants for David Davis
Thursday, 14 June 2018: Isolating Ireland
Monday, 18 June 2018: A beer on the Danube
Tuesday, 19 June 2018: Brexit and homeland security
Saturday, 23 June 2018: With future customs officers at Schiphol
Friday, 29 June 2018: European Council
Thursday, 5 July 2018: Vilnius
Friday, 6 July 2018: The battle of Chequers
Saturday, 7 July 2018: David Davis calling
Sunday, 8 July 2018: David Davis resigns
Monday, 9 July 2018: New York
Tuesday, 10 July 2018: France and Belgium
Wednesday, 11 July 2018: Donald Trump’s ministers
Thursday, 12 July 2018: With Christine Lagarde in Washington
Friday, 13 July 2018: Une grand dame
Sunday, 15 July 2018: White Paper
Wednesday, 18 July 2018: Tony Blair
Thursday, 19 July 2018: Dominic Raab
Tuesday, 24 July 2018: Theresa May takes over
Wednesday, 25 July 2018: Misunderstanding
Friday, 27 July 2018: Athens, scarred by fire
Friday, 10 August 2018: Theresa May at Brégançon
Wednesday, 15 August 2018: The memoirs of Alain Prate
Thursday, 16 August 2018: Jim Ratcliffe
Tuesday, 21 August 2018: Dominic Raab on the attack
Sunday, 26 August 2018: The General and England
Friday, 31 August 2018: Misunderstandings
Monday, 3 September 2018: Thai shrimp and Chinese bikes…
Thursday, 6 September 2018: Governance and Ireland
Tuesday, 11 September 2018: A slice of potica
Wednesday, 12 September 2018: Three tweets
Monday, 17 September 2018: Madrid
Thursday, 20 September 2018: A high-tension Salzburg
Friday, 21 September 2018: Dirty rats
Saturday, 22 September 2018: A piece of cake?
Wednesday, 26 September 2018: Port infrastructure
Thursday, 27 September 2018: Jeremy Corbyn
Friday, 28 September 2018: Negotiation is the priority
Wednesday, 3 October 2018: Dance moves in Birmingham
Thursday, 4 October 2018: Visit from the Taoiseach
Friday, 5 October 2018: Cyprus
Tuesday, 9 October 2018: Northern Irish consultations
Thursday, 11 October 2018: A no-deal atmosphere
Sunday, 14 October 2018: Dominic Raab blocks the process
Monday, 15 October 2018: Derry Girls Against Borders
Wednesday, 17 October 2018: An exercise in futility
Monday, 22 October 2018: Parallel negotiations?
Monday, 5 November 2018: A major conference in Brussels
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: Bratislava
Friday, 9 November 2018: All hands on deck to fine-tune the backstop
Sunday, 11 November 2018: Ypres
Tuesday, 13 November 2018: Eve of battle
Wednesday, 14 November 2018: Deal!
Thursday, 15 November 2018: Flash visit to Strasbourg
Wednesday, 21 November 2018: Theresa May
Sunday, 25 November 2018: European Council
Tuesday, 27 November 2018: The fifth baby of the task force
Monday, 10 December 2018: London vote postponed
Wednesday, 12 December 2018: Motion against Theresa May
Thursday, 13 December 2018: European Council
Friday, 14 December 2018: Oriana
Notes
2019. Monday, 7 January 2019: New year, new vote?
Tuesday, 8 January 2019: Martin Selmayr
Wednesday, 9 January 2019: British beef in Japan
Thursday, 10 January 2019: Theresa May calling
Tuesday, 15 January 2019: A meaningful vote at last?
Wednesday, 16 January 2019: Three possible outcomes
Thursday, 17 January 2019: Henry the Navigator
Wednesday, 23 January 2019: Preparing for no deal
Thursday, 24 January 2019: Angela Merkel
Friday, 25 January 2019: Royal wisdom
Wednesday, 30 January 2019: Back to square one?
Wednesday, 6 February 2019: ‘A place in hell’
Thursday, 7 February 2019: Theresa May returns
Monday, 11 February 2019: Enter Steve Barclay
Tuesday, 12 February 2019: Walls have ears
Thursday, 21 February 2019: Concessions at last?
Saturday, 2 March 2019: Nick Timothy
Wednesday, 6 March 2019: A royal visit for the task force
Friday, 8 March 2019: Theresa May appeals to the people
Monday, 11 March 2019: An evening in Strasbourg
Tuesday, 12 March 2019: Meaningful vote #2
Wednesday, 13 March 2019: No to no deal
Thursday, 14 March 2019: A positive vote!
Monday, 18 March 2019: Revenge for Crécy!
Tuesday, 19 March 2019: J-10?
Wednesday, 20 March 2019: What extension?
Thursday, 21 March 2019: A thousand days’ work
Friday, 29 March 2019: In Natolin, Poland
Tuesday, 2 April 2019: Another extension request
Friday, 5 April 2019: European elections?
Wednesday, 10 April 2019: Halloween Brexit
Friday, 19 April 2019: Brexit break?
Sunday, 21 April 2019: Churchill’s political diary
Thursday, 9 May 2019: ‘This precious stone set in the silver sea…’
Sunday, 12 May 2019: Documentaries
Monday, 13 May 2019: Berlin
Thursday, 16 May 2019: Theresa May throws in the towel
Monday, 20 May 2019: Turkish provocations in Cyprus
Friday, 24 May 2019: Theresa May’s regrets
Sunday, 26 May 2019: European elections
Wednesday, 5 June 2019: Donald Trump in London
Friday, 7 June 2019: Russian border
Monday, 17 June 2019: Finalists in the campaign
Wednesday, 26 June 2019: Sabine Weyand in the spotlight
Monday, 8 July 2019: Labour wants a second referendum
Thursday, 11 July 2019: James Dyson votes for Singapore
Friday, 12 July 2019:The Queen to the rescue of Parliament?
Monday, 15 July 2019: A letter to Theresa May
Tuesday, 16 July 2019: Ursula von der Leyen elected
Wednesday, 17 July 2019: Final speech
Thursday, 18 July 2019: Riga
Friday, 19 July 2019: Smoke and mirrors
Tuesday, 23 July 2019: Transfer of power
Thursday, 25 July 2019: Boris Johnson at Number 10…
Thursday, 8 August 2019: Chris Patten
Tuesday, 20 August 2019: A letter from Boris Johnson
Tuesday, 27 August 2019: Phone call
Thursday, 29 August 2019: Suspension of UK Parliament
Sunday, 1 September 2019: Michael Gove
Wednesday, 4 September 2019: The Benn Act
Thursday, 5 September 2019: Jo Johnson
Sunday, 8 September 2019: Olly Robbins
Monday, 9 September 2019: Boris Johnson in Dublin
Tuesday, 10 September 2019: The curse of Brexit
Thursday, 12 September 2019: New Parliament, new Commission
Friday, 13 September 2019: Team meeting
Sunday, 15 September 2019: The Hulk
Monday, 16 September 2019: Lunch in Luxembourg
Wednesday, 18 September 2019: Plenary in Strasbourg
Friday, 20 September 2019: Steve Barclay
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: Supreme Court
Thursday, 26 September 2019: Jacques Chirac
Thursday, 3 October 2019: UK proposal
Tuesday, 8 October 2019: Dominic Cummings
Friday, 11 October 2019: A few steps forward
Sunday, 13 October 2019: Negotiations
Tuesday, 15 October 2019: Vigil at the Berlaymont
Wednesday, 16 October 2019: A breakthrough on Ireland
Thursday, 17 October 2019: Deal!
Friday, 18 October 2019: Nigel Farage
Saturday, 19 October 2019: Eyes on Westminster
Tuesday, 22 October 2019: Another try
Wednesday, 23 October 2019: Extension?
Thursday, 24 October 2019: Thierry Breton
Friday, 25 October 2019: 31 January!
Monday, 28 October 2019: Letter from the Prime Minister
Wednesday, 6 November 2019: John Bercow
Saturday, 7 December 2019: British civil servants
Sunday, 8 December 2019: Baby boom
Wednesday, 11 December 2019: Election eve
Friday, 13 December 2019: European Council
Friday, 20 December 2019: Inquest on Article 50
Monday, 23 December 2019: Citizens’ rights
Notes
2020. Wednesday, 1 January 2020: Happy New Year!
Monday, 6 January 2020: Full house!
Wednesday, 8 January 2020: Return to 10 Downing Street
Thursday, 9 January 2020: Stockholm
Friday, 10 January 2020: Who to disappoint?
Monday, 27 January 2020: Dublin to Belfast
Wednesday, 29 January 2020: A temporary farewell
Friday, 31 January 2020: An emotional day
2020. Monday, 3 February 2020: New negotiations, new mandate
Monday, 10 February 2020: A winning method
Monday, 17 February 2020: A philosophical gap
Wednesday, 19 February 2020: Slide wars
Wednesday, 26 February 2020: The UK is not Canada
Monday, 2 March 2020: Curtain up
Wednesday, 4 March 2020: More questions than answers
Thursday, 5 March 2020: ‘Like Jesuits’
Sunday, 8 March 2020: Light of day
Friday, 20 March 2020: Patient zero?
Monday, 30 March 2020: Second major project for 2020
Monday, 20 April 2020: Virtual rounds
Monday, 27 April 2020: A time for reflection
Tuesday, 5 May 2020: Fair play is not for sale!
Friday, 15 May 2020: Disappointing exchanges
Friday, 29 May 2020: Theodore!
Friday, 5 June 2020: Bis repetita
Friday, 12 June 2020: One-way borders?
Monday, 15 June 2020: High-level meeting
Monday, 29 June 2020: ‘A missive from a free country’
Tuesday, 30 June 2020: Reunions
Tuesday, 7 July 2020: London calling
Friday, 17 July 2020: Political sovereignty
Thursday, 23 July 2020: Watching live at the pub
Saturday, 1 August 2020: London wants to reflect
Thursday, 6 August 2020: Inevitable changes
Friday, 21 August 2020: Illusions dispelled
Wednesday, 2 September 2020: Meeting at Chequers
Monday, 7 September 2020: A warning shot
Tuesday, 8 September 2020: Political filibustering
Wednesday, 9 September 2020: Holding the line
Thursday, 10 September 2020: ‘Throwing a dead cat on the table’
Sunday, 13 September 2020 : ‘Food blockade’ in the Irish Sea
Monday, 14 September 2020: Revolver
Wednesday, 16 September 2020: Washington
Wednesday, 16 September 2020: In the words of Margaret Thatcher
Thursday, 17 September 2020: Picking up the pieces
Friday, 18 September 2020: Tentative progress
Tuesday, 22 September 2020: Mega traffic jam
Wednesday, 23 September 2020: ‘Landing zones’
Friday, 25 September 2020: No diving with open hatches!
Friday, 2 October 2020: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Saturday, 3 October 2020: The ‘revenge’ of Scottish fishermen
Sunday, 4 October 2020: Countering Boris
Monday, 5 October 2020: The Chancellor and Brexit
Tuesday, 13 October 2020: No ‘tiger in the tank’
Thursday, 15 October 2020: Rendezvous with the ‘top leaders’
Friday, 16 October 2020: British political cinema
Saturday, 17 October 2020: Quo vadis?
Monday and Tuesday, 19 and 20 October 2020: Two days, two calls
Wednesday, 21 October 2020: Let’s hear it..
Thursday, 22 October 2020: The final stretch?
Monday, 26 October 2020: Creativity required
Tuesday, 27 October 2020: Herring and blue whiting
Friday, 30 October 2020: A misunderstanding
Tuesday, 3 November 2020: Governance
Sunday, 8 November 2020: And the winner is…
Monday, 9 November 2020: Mr Churchill’s competition
Wednesday, 11 November 2020: New ideas
Saturday, 14 November 2020: A risky bet
Friday, 20 November 2020: Quarantine
Wednesday, 25 November 2020: Confined at home
Saturday, 28 November 2020: European students in the UK
Monday, 30 November 2020: End of the road
Wednesday, 2 December 2020: Hot and cold
Saturday, 5 December 2020: A final blockade?
Monday, 7 December 2020: A war of nerves
Wednesday, 9 December 2020: The return of Boris Johnson
Thursday, 10 December 2020: Gauging the real effects of a no deal
Sunday, 13 December 2020: A ‘political agreement’…
Wednesday, 16 December 2020: ‘A matter of a few mackerel’
Saturday, 19 December 2020: A proposal on fisheries
Sunday, 20 December 2020: Chaos in the UK
Monday, 21 December 2020: Rumours of an agreement
Tuesday, 22 December 2020: Final discussions on the thirteenth floor
Wednesday, 23 December 2020: Final act
Thursday, 24 December 2020: ‘A day of relief, tinged with sadness’
Notes
2021. Sunday, 21 February 2021: Paris
Notes
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Chronology
Abbreviations
Index
Plates
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