michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk— michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk. ., , _ ., , hardtalk.py to be here. thank you — hardtalk. happy to be here. thank you for _ hardtalk. happy to be here. thank you for your _ hardtalk. happy to be here. | thank you for your invitation. so, as you know, the uk is experiencing issues that have led to a shortage of goods, such as fuel, because of panic buying and the lack of truck drivers. to what extent do you think this is a consequence of brexit? . , �* , ., brexit? partly, it's a consequence - brexit? partly, it's a consequence of - brexit? partly, it's a i consequence of brexit brexit? partly, it's a - consequence of brexit but, to be frank, i don't want to give any lessons to the british government. if you look at this crisis—shortage, there are very many reasons. first of all, the consequence of the risk of covid, to be frank, everywhere. the price of energy everywhere. the price of energy everywhere. the shortage of raw materials everywhere. and, in addition, obviously the mechanic and automatic consequences of brexit, because brexit

michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be here. thank you for your invitation.o, as you know, the uk is experiencing issues that have led to a shortage of goods, such as fuel, because of panic buying and the lack of truck drivers. to what extent do you think this is a consequence of brexit? partly, it's a consequence of brexit but, to be frank, i don't want to give any lessons to the british government. if you look at this crisis shortage, there is obviously many reasons. firstly, the consequence of the risk of covid, to be frank, everywhere. the price of energy everywhere. the shortage about the raw materials everywhere. and, in addition, obviously the mechanic and automatic consequences of the brexit, because the brexit means leaving the eu, leaving the single market, leaving the custom union. it's very serious. yeah... that means the end of the freedom of movement for the truck drivers. all right. that means so many, many new buyers which are direct consequences of brexit. for example, the control for each good entering the uk. ok, but you know that there are

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