The narrative is engrossing, all the while ensuring his points are neatly numbered. Looking forward to reading the rest. Snips in this thread are homemade translations and not from the English version, which will be out in October, I think. #Barnier amazon.com/grande-illusio… Was the UK so enveloped in ideological heat and nostalgia, so parched for what seemed a convenient out from economic stagnation that they desperately grasped at this mirage of a solution?

Whilst in other statutes, the transition agreement is where you gloss over, here for Brexit, the transition is the most important bit because after 29th March 2019, without the ‘status quo’ stated in the transition, there will be no access to the EU institutions. There is nothing in the Article 50 on the transition period, and therefore Article 50 has no legal competence for transition although it does say that any withdrawal agreement must bear in mind future relationships with EU.