[The Guardian] 'Not sad to do this job': the Merkel ally leading EU's Brexit team

'Not sad to do this job': the Merkel ally leading EU's Brexit team

German politician David McAllister got married in a kilt. His Scottish roots will help shape the bloc’s relationship with UK

He is the son of a Normandy beaches veteran from Glasgow, and grew up watching Top of the Pops and reading the Beano. That makes David McAllister an unusual member of the EU’s Brexit team. The German MEP with Scottish roots even puts milk in his tea and says he would rather have a slice of British white bread than traditional German schwarzbrot.

Appointed the chair of the European parliament’s EU-UK coordination committee in January, McAllister will steer 705 MEPs through the upcoming talks on the future relationship. EU and UK negotiators are examining whether they can talk via video link, after face-to-face meetings in London due to start on Wednesday were abandoned because of coronavirus.

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