Michel Barnier, the European Union’s top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchmanhas been hashing out the terms of the U.K.’s departure while making sure the remaining 27 members stick together. He is the real survivorof the Brexit saga. The fact that Barnier is still in the job is telling: Despite expectations that the Brits would make mincemeat of the perennially squabbling Europeans, it was the EU that stayed united while the U.K. cycled through two prime ministers, three Brexit secretaries and several botched attempts to get a better deal ... (full story)