{"id":121405,"date":"2023-11-22T07:19:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121405"},"modified":"2023-11-22T07:19:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:19:14","slug":"barnier-forever-an-enemy-of-britain-says-brexiteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/barnier-forever-an-enemy-of-britain-says-brexiteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnier \u2018forever an enemy of Britain\u2019, says Brexiteer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michel Barnier, the EU\u2019s former chief Brexit negotiator, will \u201cforever be an enemy of Britain\u201d, and represents \u201ceverything which is wrong\u201d with the bloc, Brexiteer Ben Habib has said.<\/p>\n

Mr Habib was commenting after Frenchman Mr Barnier, an unsuccessful candidate in last year\u2019s French Presidential election, took stock of Britain\u2019s decision to quit in an article penned for the Financial Times.<\/p>\n

In it, Mr Barnier dismissed any possibility of reopening the trade deal signed by the UK and the EU in 2021, while conceding: \u201cIt\u2019s always possible to improve the functioning of this agreement, on some technical points\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also emphasised his opposition to delays in tariffs due to be imposed on the UK and EU automobile industries from January 2024.<\/p>\n

Mr Habib is a former Brexit Party MEP and a vociferous critic of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, believing then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson should have walked away rather than signing it.<\/p>\n

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He told Express.co.uk: “It was curious to me when Nigel Farage bemoaned the fact Barnier was not on our negotiating team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he meant Barnier knocked our negotiators into a cocked hat but just about anyone would have been able to do that; the bar was low.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Habib continued: \u201cThe problem with Barnier is Barnier.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo start with he is the personification of all that is wrong with the EU. A socialist European federalist.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe claims to be a patriot and European – you cannot be both. To be pro-EU is to support the hollowing out of nation-states, the removal of national identities and borders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he stood as a candidate for the French presidency, he banged the drum against immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it was the EU which had allowed a large number of migrants into Europe, both legally and illegally, and then \u201callowed them to roam free unchecked by borders and law enforcement\u201d, Mr Habib pointed out.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cAs far as I am concerned, he will forever be an enemy of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n