The appointment of the EU's former Brexit negotiator, a member of the right-wing Les Républicains party, comes after almost two months of deadlock following legislative elections that produced no clear majority in Parliament.
If you’d like to know Barnier’s stances recently :
On 27 August 2021, Barnier launched his presidential campaign.[28] [for the 2022 elections] In particular, he wants a three- to five-year moratorium on immigration to the European Union.[29] He proposes to "immediately stop regularizations, rigorously limit family reunification, reduce the reception of foreign students and the systematic execution of the double penalty ". On economic issues, he wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65, increase the working week and tighten the conditions for access to social assistance.[30] Many media organizations noted that Barnier sounded like a eurosceptic and Brexit supporter now, a sharp turn form his previous positions.[31][32]
If you’d like to know Barnier’s stances recently :
He also wants to get out of the European Court of Human Rights. Basically went full Boris.
I wonder how much money he’s getting from Russia.
So fucking weird that this guy was chosen to be the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator.
With him and, on the UK side, the Tories, no wonder the whole negotiation was a shitshow from start to finish.