May Says No Way Out of Brexit as Rift With EU Chiefs Emerges
- Premier arrives for first EU summit with a ‘clear message’
- A hard exit means hard negotiations, French president says
Brexit Plan Takes Shape as U.K. Warned of Trouble Ahead
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Theresa May insisted that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union must be honored, as the dividing lines between the U.K. and the rest of the bloc hardened at her first leaders’ summit in Brussels.
European Council President Donald Tusk told the British leader that the other 27 member states will increasingly work separately, an official with knowledge of the closed-door session said. Tusk fired back after May said she might find it difficult to support EU moves if she was excluded from discussions before the U.K.’s departure, according to the official, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.