Michel Barnier - My Secret Brexit Diary

15 2018 Monday, 8 January 2018: ‘After Brexit, the EU will no longer exist’ Wednesday, 10 January 2018: Gift basket Monday, 15 January 2018: Remainers Thursday, 18 January 2018: Concerns in Luxembourg Monday, 29 January 2018: Transition under duress Wednesday, 31 January 2018: Some rather belated studies… Friday, 2 February 2018: Global Britain? Monday, 5 February 2018: Back to Number 10 Wednesday, 7 February 2018: In Frankfurt with Mario Draghi Friday, 9 February 2018: An overheated press room Wednesday, 14 February 2018: Boris Johnson’s organic carrots Saturday, 17 February 2018: Security and defence in Munich Wednesday, 21 February 2018: UK delegations Wednesday, 28 February 2018: Draft treaty Friday 2 March 2018: Cherry-picking Saturday, 3 March 2018: With Danish fishermen Monday, 5 March 2018: First Irish day Tuesday, 6 March 2018: With the ‘iron ladies’ of the DUP Monday, 12 March 2018: The outermost regions Tuesday, 13 March 2018: Plenary session Thursday, 15 March 2018: Before the twenty-seven ambassadors Monday, 19 March 2018 – David Davis is back Wednesday, 21 March 2018: St Patrick’s Day Thursday, 22 March 2018: Mario Draghi Friday, 23 March 2018: European Council Thursday, 5 April 2018: Helsinki Tuesday, 10 April 2018: Spitzenkandidat Thursday, 12 April 2018: Prague Tuesday, 24 April 2018: A new team in Berlin Thursday, 26 April 2018: Sofia Sunday, 29 April 2018: The General’s Ireland Monday, 30 April 2018: A fragile peace on the island of Ireland Tuesday, 1 May 2018: A difficult job Monday, 14 May 2018: ‘Little, not “very little”’ Thursday, 17 May 2018: Churchill meets Adenauer… Saturday, 19 May 2018: Royal wedding Tuesday, 22 May 2018: Poorer by £900 Saturday, 26 May 2018: Lisbon Monday, 4 June 2018: Budapest Thursday, 7 June 2018: David Davis threatens to resign Friday, 8 June 2018: Backstop means backstop! Monday, 11 June 2018: Croissants for David Davis Thursday, 14 June 2018: Isolating Ireland Monday, 18 June 2018: A beer on the Danube Tuesday, 19 June 2018: Brexit and homeland security Saturday, 23 June 2018: With future customs officers at Schiphol Friday, 29 June 2018: European Council Thursday, 5 July 2018: Vilnius Friday, 6 July 2018: The battle of Chequers Saturday, 7 July 2018: David Davis calling Sunday, 8 July 2018: David Davis resigns Monday, 9 July 2018: New York Tuesday, 10 July 2018: France and Belgium Wednesday, 11 July 2018: Donald Trump’s ministers Thursday, 12 July 2018: With Christine Lagarde in Washington Friday, 13 July 2018: Une grand dame Sunday, 15 July 2018: White Paper Wednesday, 18 July 2018: Tony Blair Thursday, 19 July 2018: Dominic Raab Tuesday, 24 July 2018: Theresa May takes over Wednesday, 25 July 2018: Misunderstanding Friday, 27 July 2018: Athens, scarred by fire Friday, 10 August 2018: Theresa May at Brégançon Wednesday, 15 August 2018: The memoirs of Alain Prate Thursday, 16 August 2018: Jim Ratcliffe Tuesday, 21 August 2018: Dominic Raab on the attack Sunday, 26 August 2018: The General and England Friday, 31 August 2018: Misunderstandings Monday, 3 September 2018: Thai shrimp and Chinese bikes… Thursday, 6 September 2018: Governance and Ireland Tuesday, 11 September 2018: A slice of potica Wednesday, 12 September 2018: Three tweets Monday, 17 September 2018: Madrid Thursday, 20 September 2018: A high-tension Salzburg Friday, 21 September 2018: Dirty rats Saturday, 22 September 2018: A piece of cake? Wednesday, 26 September 2018: Port infrastructure Thursday, 27 September 2018: Jeremy Corbyn Friday, 28 September 2018: Negotiation is the priority Wednesday, 3 October 2018: Dance moves in Birmingham Thursday, 4 October 2018: Visit from the Taoiseach Friday, 5 October 2018: Cyprus Tuesday, 9 October 2018: Northern Irish consultations Thursday, 11 October 2018: A no-deal atmosphere Sunday, 14 October 2018: Dominic Raab blocks the process Monday, 15 October 2018: Derry Girls Against Borders Wednesday, 17 October 2018: An exercise in futility Monday, 22 October 2018: Parallel negotiations? Monday, 5 November 2018: A major conference in Brussels Tuesday, 6 November 2018: Bratislava Friday, 9 November 2018: All hands on deck to fine-tune the backstop Sunday, 11 November 2018: Ypres Tuesday, 13 November 2018: Eve of battle Wednesday, 14 November 2018: Deal! Thursday, 15 November 2018: Flash visit to Strasbourg Wednesday, 21 November 2018: Theresa May Sunday, 25 November 2018: European Council Tuesday, 27 November 2018: The fifth baby of the task force Monday, 10 December 2018: London vote postponed Wednesday, 12 December 2018: Motion against Theresa May Thursday, 13 December 2018: European Council Friday, 14 December 2018: Oriana Notes

16 2019 Monday, 7 January 2019: New year, new vote? Tuesday, 8 January 2019: Martin Selmayr Wednesday, 9 January 2019: British beef in Japan Thursday, 10 January 2019: Theresa May calling Tuesday, 15 January 2019: A meaningful vote at last? Wednesday, 16 January 2019: Three possible outcomes Thursday, 17 January 2019: Henry the Navigator Wednesday, 23 January 2019: Preparing for no deal Thursday, 24 January 2019: Angela Merkel Friday, 25 January 2019: Royal wisdom Wednesday, 30 January 2019: Back to square one? Wednesday, 6 February 2019: ‘A place in hell’ Thursday, 7 February 2019: Theresa May returns Monday, 11 February 2019: Enter Steve Barclay Tuesday, 12 February 2019: Walls have ears Thursday, 21 February 2019: Concessions at last? Saturday, 2 March 2019: Nick Timothy Wednesday, 6 March 2019: A royal visit for the task force Friday, 8 March 2019: Theresa May appeals to the people Monday, 11 March 2019: An evening in Strasbourg Tuesday, 12 March 2019: Meaningful vote #2 Wednesday, 13 March 2019: No to no deal Thursday, 14 March 2019: A positive vote! Monday, 18 March 2019: Revenge for Crécy! Tuesday, 19 March 2019: J-10? Wednesday, 20 March 2019: What extension? Thursday, 21 March 2019: A thousand days’ work Friday, 29 March 2019: In Natolin, Poland Tuesday, 2 April 2019: Another extension request Friday, 5 April 2019: European elections? Wednesday, 10 April 2019: Halloween Brexit Friday, 19 April 2019: Brexit break? Sunday, 21 April 2019: Churchill’s political diary Thursday, 9 May 2019: ‘This precious stone set in the silver sea…’ Sunday, 12 May 2019: Documentaries Monday, 13 May 2019: Berlin Thursday, 16 May 2019: Theresa May throws in the towel Monday, 20 May 2019: Turkish provocations in Cyprus Friday, 24 May 2019: Theresa May’s regrets Sunday, 26 May 2019: European elections Wednesday, 5 June 2019: Donald Trump in London Friday, 7 June 2019: Russian border Monday, 17 June 2019: Finalists in the campaign Wednesday, 26 June 2019: Sabine Weyand in the spotlight Monday, 8 July 2019: Labour wants a second referendum Thursday, 11 July 2019: James Dyson votes for Singapore Friday, 12 July 2019:The Queen to the rescue of Parliament? Monday, 15 July 2019: A letter to Theresa May Tuesday, 16 July 2019: Ursula von der Leyen elected Wednesday, 17 July 2019: Final speech Thursday, 18 July 2019: Riga Friday, 19 July 2019: Smoke and mirrors Tuesday, 23 July 2019: Transfer of power Thursday, 25 July 2019: Boris Johnson at Number 10… Thursday, 8 August 2019: Chris Patten Tuesday, 20 August 2019: A letter from Boris Johnson Tuesday, 27 August 2019: Phone call Thursday, 29 August 2019: Suspension of UK Parliament Sunday, 1 September 2019: Michael Gove Wednesday, 4 September 2019: The Benn Act Thursday, 5 September 2019: Jo Johnson Sunday, 8 September 2019: Olly Robbins Monday, 9 September 2019: Boris Johnson in Dublin Tuesday, 10 September 2019: The curse of Brexit Thursday, 12 September 2019: New Parliament, new Commission Friday, 13 September 2019: Team meeting Sunday, 15 September 2019: The Hulk Monday, 16 September 2019: Lunch in Luxembourg Wednesday, 18 September 2019: Plenary in Strasbourg Friday, 20 September 2019: Steve Barclay Tuesday, 24 September 2019: Supreme Court Thursday, 26 September 2019: Jacques Chirac Thursday, 3 October 2019: UK proposal Tuesday, 8 October 2019: Dominic Cummings Friday, 11 October 2019: A few steps forward Sunday, 13 October 2019: Negotiations Tuesday, 15 October 2019: Vigil at the Berlaymont Wednesday, 16 October 2019: A breakthrough on Ireland Thursday, 17 October 2019: Deal! Friday, 18 October 2019: Nigel Farage Saturday, 19 October 2019: Eyes on Westminster Tuesday, 22 October 2019: Another try Wednesday, 23 October 2019: Extension? Thursday, 24 October 2019: Thierry Breton Friday, 25 October 2019: 31 January! Monday, 28 October 2019: Letter from the Prime Minister Wednesday, 6 November 2019: John Bercow Saturday, 7 December 2019: British civil servants Sunday, 8 December 2019: Baby boom Wednesday, 11 December 2019: Election eve Friday, 13 December 2019: European Council Friday, 20 December 2019: Inquest on Article 50 Monday, 23 December 2019: Citizens’ rights Notes