Michel Barnier

"Being a member of EU comes with rights and benefits. Third countries (non members as the UK will be after Brexit) can never have the same rights and benefits since they are not subject to the same obligations. The single market and its four freedoms (which includes freedom of movement) are indivisible. Cherry picking is not an option."

"The UK's departure from the EU would have consequences"

"Nothing should put peace at risk"

"This negotiation will not only be financial, legal or technical - in my view, it will first [be] human and social and economic,"

"It's not about punishment, it is not about revenge. Basically, we are implementing the decision taken by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, and unravel 43 years of patiently-built relations. I will do all I can to put emotion to one side and stick to the facts, the figures, and the legal basis, and work with the United Kingdom to find an agreement in that frame of mind."

"We must lift the uncertainty caused by Brexit"

"We want EU citizens in Britain to have the same rights as British citizens who live in the EU"

"I'm not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking."

"There are extremely serious consequences of leaving the single market and it hasn't been explained to the British people."

"I have a state of mind - not aggressive... but I'm not naïve."

"We intend to teach people what leaving the single market means"

"[A deal on the common travel area between the UK and Republic of Ireland must] respect both the integrity of the single market... and the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts"

"No deal will be a very bad deal."

"To be clear: without a [border] backstop, there can be no withdrawal agreement"

"The UK's decision to opt out of free movement rules and largely end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice means that the UK cannot take part in the European Arrest Warrant"

"The single market is our main economic public good. There will be no damaging it, no unravelling what we have achieved together with the UK."

"The EU is prepared to offer Britain a partnership such as there never has been with any other third country"

"Theresay May's plans] would be the end of the single market and the European project"

"[The Chequers plan] is useful because it clearly defines what the wishes are for the UK for future relations."

"It is not possible to get freedom for goods without freedom for services, in particular for the movement of people"

"Brexit was not our choice, it is the choice of the UK. Our proposal tries to help the UK in managing the negative fallout of Brexit in Northern Ireland in a way that respects the territorial integrity of the UK."

"We are still not there. There are still several issues which remain unresolved, including that of Ireland, and therefore what I understand is that more time is required to find this comprehensive deal and to reach this decisive progress which we need in order to finalise these negotiations on the orderly exit of the United Kingdom."

"[There are currently only two Brexit options - the PM's deal or no deal. Even if MPs decided to take no deal off the table, it would not stop it from happening unless there was] a positive majority for another solution."

"We are open to work on a permanent customs union should the UK decide to take this path"

"No deal was never our desire or intended scenario but the EU 27 is now prepared. It becomes day after day more likely."

"Everybody will have to pay a price - EU and UK - because there is no added value to Brexit. Brexit is a negative negotiation. It is a lose-lose game for everybody."

"On the EU side, we had intense discussions with EU member states on the need to guarantee the integrity of the EU's single market, while keeping that border fully open. In this sense, the [Irish border] backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the EU can offer to a non-member state."