For two years Belgian film-maker Lode Desmet followed Guy Verhofstadt, the Brexit co-ordinator for the European Parliament, and his Brexit Steering Group, as they helped develop and prepare a strategy for negotiating with the British. Shown on BBC Four as 'Brexit: Behind Closed Doors', the series provided insight into what actually happened in the corridors of power in the EU. This book includes a large amount of additional material that wasn't seen, while British journalist Edward Stourton provides a complete overview of events on the UK side to make this the definitive account of the Brexit negotiations.