The problem with the post-Brexit relationship is that squabbles are spilling out of the technocratic structure the EU’s negotiating team used to come up with the deal
Boris Johnson’s top Brexit official, David Frost, was not picked to build bridges. Since being elevated to a cabinet position in February, the former whisky lobbyist and proud wearer of Union Jack socks has gleefully lobbed diplomatic grenades at the EU, accusing Brussels of inflexibility over Northern Ireland even as red tape bites into trade and local political tempers flare.
The problem with the post-Brexit relationship is that squabbles are spilling out of the technocratic structure the EU’s negotiating team under Michel Barnier used to come up with the agreement— bringing exactly the kind of chaos that Johnson is looking for.
A purely technocratic response, designed to avoid open confrontation, isn’t going to stop this toxic pattern. Legal escalation is justified, but will it be effective? And what will it change, if the end result looks more like an Airbus-Boeing dispute at the World Trade Organization? Barnier is talking up the need for direct reprisals as provided for in the trade deal, but his influence has waned as he tries to reboot his political career in France.
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