The European Parliament has picked Belgian federalist Guy Verhofstadt to speak for it in the upcoming Brexit negotiations.
The decision, announced by EP political chiefs on Wednesday (8 Thursday), prompted a slight dip in the value of the British pound amid speculation that he will take a hard line.
The 63-year old former Belgian prime minister, who advocates the creation of a US-type federal state in Europe, will join Michel Ba...
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