In an address to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on Thursday 6 July, the EU’s negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, highlighted the disadvantages of a hard Brexit with no agreement.
“The 'no deal' scenario would make the lose-lose situation that is the inevitable result of Brexit even worse”, said Barnier (our translation throughout), who believes that a balanced agreement is vastly preferable to no deal. He said that if the UK simply leaves the EU in March 2019, this...