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Some doubt EU's Brexit negotiator Barnier is up for the task

Published Sun, Feb 12, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Brussels

MICHEL Barnier has a dealmaker's flair for gauging what the other side can accept but as Theresa May prepares to launch Brexit negotiations, some European Union (EU) officials wonder if Brussels' man can really figure out what she wants.

That is a nagging question for EU leaders who need the veteran French minister and EU commissioner to best the British premier in a grand bargain that will usher Britain out, keep the other 27 member states in and limit the economic har…

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