best known internationally as the European Union's brexit negotiator Michelle barer is a conservative career politician who has held Minister positions in several French governments including under jaak shiak and Nikolas sarosi he was first elected parliament in 1978 aged 27 representing the Alpine Savo District in 1992 he helped organized the Winter Olympics in his constituency an event still Central to his Public Image barer is pro- European and has twice worked as an EU commissioner first as a commissioner for internal market and services during which he negotiated new regulation of financial markets after the 2008 Global crash then in 2016 bar took the Reigns in the brexit negotiations after Britain's referendum on leaving the block cherry picking we avoided cherry picking and we defended the values and principles of the European Union this was our first requirement long seen as a moderate the 73-year-old toughened his discourse during his failed bid to get his conservative party's ticket for the 2022 presidential election saying immigration was out of control since then barer has kept a low profile for Emanuel macron he offers continuity and reassurance that he won't undo his political agenda of the last few years