that's not very complimentary, is it, mr barnier?— complimentary, is it, mr barnier? ., h barnier?t barnier? no, it's the truth. i just said _ barnier? no, it's the truth. i just said the _ barnier? no, it's the truth. i just said the truth _ barnier? no, it's the truth. i just said the truth - - barnier? no, it's the truth. i just said the truth - i - barnier? no, it's the truth. i just said the truth - i made l just said the truth — i made this point a few seconds before in my previous answer. there are so many consequences, and serious are so many consequences, and serious consequences, are so many consequences, and serious consequences, of brexit. and underestimated and very badly explained. just let me recall that leaving the eu means leaving 600 international agreements. all the european policies. that it is very complex. and i think that the preparation and —— wasn't at the right level. preparation and -- wasn't at the right level.— preparation and -- wasn't at the right level. you went on - "the current _ the right level. you went on - "the current team" _ the right level.

that's not very complimentary, is it, mr barnier? no, it's the truth.e truth — ijust made this point a few seconds before in my previous answer. there are so many consequences, and serious consequences, of brexit. and underestimated and very badly explained. just let me recall that leaving the eu means leaving 600 international agreements. all the european policies. that it is very complex. and i think that the preparation wasn't at the right level. you went on — "the current team" — ie, the british government — "is not up to the challenges. "i simply don't trust them." no, on a specific point, i lose my trust because of what the uk government tried to do against the protocol in ireland. because in ireland, what is at stake is not a question of goods or trade or technical matters — it's about peace, about the people. i remember clearly my meeting with a group of women in dunganon, south of londonderry, a few years ago. it was very moving. it was a private meeting. these women gave me a kind of mandate — "please, mr barnier, do everything you can to avoi

zeinab badawi speaks to michel barnier, who was the eu's chief brexit negotiator and has declared himself