Describing the situation as “serious” after the British MPs' decision to reject the agreement on an orderly exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (see EUROPE Β12212A1), Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief negotiator on Brexit, called on the several hundred representatives of European cities and regions before whom he spoke on Thursday 14 March to prepare for a no-deal Brexit the first day of the eighth Summit of Regions and Cities organised by the Committee of...