Splendid isolation … or just a bit-part player? Europe reacts to British 'victory'
Splendid isolation … or just a bit-part player? Europe reacts to British ‘victory’ Emma Graham-Harrison © AP European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier, centre, carries a binder of the Brexit trade deal during a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels. Questions about how the full details of the Brexit deal would be received, and warnings of the negotiations that will continue after its implementation, tempered widespread relief in Europe that a last-ditch agreement had been reached. Many commentators also wondered how Britain would negotiate the real...