Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I should say that there is no such thing as a negotiating council. We do not have negotiations at the Council. When we enter Article 50 format, the UK is not there; it is the EU member states' heads of government among ourselves. The negotiations happen bilaterally between the task force, the TF50, and the United Kingdom. I have heard people talking about European Council meetings in June or October as though they were the Fisheries Council-----

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