Michel Barnier

French far right exerts outsize power over Barnier and Macron, rivals say

Macron accused of giving Le Pen the power of Julius Caesar overseeing a gladiatorial battle, giving a thumbs up or down to his candidate for prime minister

Tough climb ahead for friend of Ireland as Michel Barnier is appointed French prime minister

Few foreign politicians are spoken about in Dublin in such glowing terms as the former EU chief Brexit negotiator

Michel Barnier, former EU chief Brexit negotiator, named new French prime minister

French president has been seeking to form new government for two months after losing legislative vote

Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’

The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin

Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier: ‘The EU is not the same one the UK left’

French politician says British ministers did not know the consequences of leaving the bloc

In addressing Oireachtas, Zelenskiy joins long line of foreign leaders

Inside Politics: Ukrainian president will be 22nd person to address joint sitting of Houses

Spanish far right’s role in regional coalition triggers alarm

Popular Party laud Vox deal for ‘regional stability’ but critics portray it as ‘terrible news’

The Irish Times view on the French presidential election: Macron declares

Polls show Macron with a comfortable lead at 28 per cent in the first round, up from 25 per cent last month

France’s Les Républicains pick Valérie Pécresse as presidential candidate

Party’s first woman nominee for role defeated favourites Barnier and Bertrand

Les Républicains candidate likely to pose threat to Macron’s re-election

Ciotti and Pécresse battle for dominance after party’s shock first-round primary result

Eric Zemmour threatens to upset France’s far-right order

Six months before the presidential election a poll shows newcomer could be pitted against Macron

The Irish Times view on Europe’s centre right: squeezed in the middle

The resignation of Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz takes off stage a man seen by many in the party as its most effective model of a new more right-wing challenge to the politics of populism that have eroded the base of Europe’s centrist parties

The Irish Times view on Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction: sentenced and shamed

Flood of sympathetic and uncritical messages to Sarkozy from the right

Michel Barnier: ‘I told the truth and didn’t change the facts’

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator describes Brexit as a ‘lose-lose’ with the suffering greatest on the British side

Macron remains committed to the goal of building European sovereignty

As he shifts into re-election campaign mode, the French president can boast of having given the EU fresh impetus over the last four years

‘Always a risk’ of states quitting EU if concerns not addressed – Barnier

Former chief Brexit negotiator sees no way to accept ‘any renegotiation’ of NI protocol

Michel Barnier makes bid for French presidency

EU Brexit negotiator one of several candidates from centre-right Les Républicains

UK hopes to reset relationship with Germany after forever misjudging Merkel

Johnson will hope to reopen the Northern Ireland protocol with her successor

Blame-gaming and rubbishing still the order of the day for UK establishment

London Letter: Cummings and Frost refuse to take responsibility in dramatic fashion

Migration back on EU agenda as boat arrivals increase with good weather

Michael Barnier calls for suspension of immigration and renegotiation of Schengen

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