IN Brussel
When Michel Barnier set up his Article 50 Task Force in the late summer of 2016, he appointed a deputy executive and five senior level researchers, probably with strong cross analysis skills. Unless my sources misinformed me, the total staff employed was below 70.
Under normal circumstances, Michel Barnier and/ or his deputy would report direct to the European Commission with help from their 5 senior research analysts.
On this occasion, and because Article 50 is under scrutiny for the first time, the European Parliament retained direct control.
The resulting role reversal allows the BrExit steering group, that means MEPs only selected from the European Parliament to track and pre-approve anything related to the UK Article 50 withdrawal and subsequent European Legislation and Legal Directives issued by the Commission to EU27 member states.
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In London and the UK
The Department for Exiting Europe is managed by 5 politicians, a 17 strong management team (senior civil servents and external advisers) reporting to the David Davis, the former Secretary of State for DExEU:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-exiting-the-european-union/about#senior-management-team
DExEU employs approx. 600 staff and have experienced a 55% churning rate, according to a Freedom of Information request by Rt Hon Tom Brake MP, DExEU spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, shadowing the DExEU Secretary of State.
According to Civil Service World report:
DExEU Employee Churning
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