{"id":134872,"date":"2023-11-21T11:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=134872"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:19:05","slug":"brexit-convert-michel-barnier-to-be-invited-to-join-the-erg-by-mark-francois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/brexit-convert-michel-barnier-to-be-invited-to-join-the-erg-by-mark-francois\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Brexit convert’ Michel Barnier to be invited to join the ERG by Mark Francois"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brexit: Michel Barnier confirms \u2018no room\u2019 for renegotiation<\/h3>\n

Michel Barnier has stunned Brexiteers over his calls for France to be protected from judgements by the EU’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

The former French Prime Minister’s apparent conversion to some of the aims of Brexit has been hailed by politicians he frustrated for several years following the 2016 EU referendum when Britain voted to leave the EU.<\/p>\n

As chief negotiator for the EU, Barnier made it as difficult as possible for the UK to become an independent state and constantly demanded that it continued to accept judgements from the ECJ.<\/p>\n

But now he appears to have become infuriated with the intrusive court himself and believes, like Brexiteers, it is holding France back.<\/p>\n

The conversion to the cause has been hailed by Mark Francois, chairman of the powerful European Research Group (ERG) Brexiteer Conservative MPs.<\/p>\n

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Mr Francois is now set to suggest the ERG offers Barnier honorary membership when it meets this evening.<\/p>\n

He told Express.co.uk: \u201cWell, who knew? It\u2019s amazing to see Michel Barnier, the EU\u2019s former Chief Negotiator, now apparently calling for unilateral French protections from both the ECJ and ECHR!<\/p>\n

“We have an ERG Plenary meeting tomorrow, at which I will now formally propose that we send him a membership form.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the suggestion may be tongue in cheek, Brexiteers have noticed that leading figures in the EU have been getting increasingly frustrated with Brussels overreaching its power.<\/p>\n

Currently, Poland and Hungary are also having a dispute over attempts by the Commission and European Parliament to bully them to change domestic law and make it more woke.<\/p>\n

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