The briefing on future relations with the United Kingdom was, as agreed, very short on Friday 2 October, the second day of the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the EU Member States.
It essentially enabled the President of the European Council and the President of the Commission, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen respectively, to renew their “confidence” in the EU negotiator, Michel Barnier, and also permitted the Irish Prime Minister, Micheál Martin, to give his point of...