Welcome to the briefing room with me, David Oronovich.

In this week's programme, we're asking what the EU and its member states want from Brexit

and what would be their bottom line.

Michel Barnier and his EU team truly do excel in being the most inflexible and arrogant bunch of people going.

The EU is keener on revenge than a deal. You can't bully us, Mr Barnier.

There is a Europe imagined by sections of the popular press

and some MPs as reflected in the Brexit debate in Parliament on Tuesday.

The UK's approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic.

Are there negotiations any more convivial than the press conferences that follow them?

When he next sits down with Michel Barnier, could my right honourable friend draw his attention to the fact that he is in derogion of his duties under the treaty?

Does it follow that the European Commission demand for money with menaces is ridiculous?

The EU has a very simple choice to make. I hope they make it sooner. They'll probably

make it later. They can either trade with us with no new tariffs or barriers, because we've

made a very generous offer, or they can trade with us under WTA rules, which we know works

fine for us,

because that's what we do with the rest of the world.

Yeah.

Nobody's ever pretended this will be simple or easy.

I've always said...

But because this is a negotiation,

understanding the views and needs of Europeans is essential for understanding the future.

Really, the only choice that Britain has is which set menu it wants.

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