Brexit Negotiator

• Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier stated that the UK could potentially rejoin the European Union on a "short" timeline if the political will exists. • Barnier suggested that the UK could also integrate into a newly proposed European security and defence council to strengthen regional stability. • Separately, leaders from the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) are meeting in Hungary to revive their regional grouping.

• Former EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier suggested that the UK could potentially rejoin the European Union under "special" terms. • This proposal comes roughly a decade after the UK's referendum decision to leave the bloc, highlighting a possible path for future reintegration. • A key point of negotiation would be currency, as current EU law requires member states to adopt the euro, with Denmark being the only permanent exception.