Michel Barnier has been warned by France and five other EU states not to concede too much to the UK in efforts to get a Brexit deal over the line.
Mr Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, briefed European ambassadors and MEPs yesterday after France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark raised concerns over the talks.
“As we are entering the endgame of Brexit negotiations, some member states are becoming a bit jittery,” an EU diplomat said. “So this was mostly an exercise to calm nerves in Paris and elsewhere, and to reassure member states that Team Barnier will continue to defend core EU interests.”
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