On Saturday 1 October, the former European commissioner for the single market and financial services, Michel Barnier, will officially take up his duties as negotiator-in-chief of the European Commission in the framework of the forthcoming negotiations on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
The politician, who is already adviser to Commission President Juncker on defence issues, will have the grade of director-general of the Commission. To be based in Brussels, he...