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EU’s top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive for coronavirus

Barnier has led the EU’s negotiating position on Brexit since the UK voted to leave the bloc in 2016

Michel Barnier
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Michel Barnier, the European Union’s lead negotiator on Brexit trade talks with the UK, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

In a message posted on his official Twitter account on Thursday, Barnier wrote: “I would like to inform you that I have tested positive for #COVID19. I am doing well and in good spirits.”

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