A tiny bit of Europe news penetrated the cement carapace of the British media last weekwith the claim that Michel Barnier, the French politician, who negotiated the Britain’s exit from Europe, had complained that in the final moment of Brexit negotiations in 2020 the President of the European Council, Ursula Von Der Leyen, did not take Barnier in for the final, final talks with Boris Johnson.
Ursula is president of the Commission not president of the EU council (Costa)