>> whereas none of the negotiators
>> on the EU side appear to be answerable to anyone, least of all an electorate.
>>
....really.....?
The EU negotiators are, quite naturally, negotiating on behalf of the EU, not any of the individual members......
BUT, all facets of any agreement are subject to ratification by all members of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the legislatures of all EU member states.
Why do you think May keeps bypassing the EU negotiators and appealing to Heads of State if they have no influence on the final deal?
In addition, the EU negotiators are working to a clear negotiation plan/strategy that has already been ratified through the same process by the EU27.
You could, therefore, say that the EU negotiators are being, and will be, held much more robustly accountable than the UK negotiator(s) (whoever they happen to be today), but are at the same time making a much more professional job of it, and have a much more informed, and less obstructive, set of stakeholders.
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