Theresa May Gets Another Brexit Headache Amid Brussels Upheaval
- Breakdown of centrist coalition in EU Parliament creates risk
- Tensions high after hard-fought election of new assembly chief
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s path to leave the European Union just got a little bit more complicated.
Europe’s Socialist party, already struggling in France, Italy and the Netherlands, lost the presidency of the European Parliament, which must approve any Brexit deal. The election last week of a center-right leader signaled the end of a long-standing power-sharing agreement in the assembly, creating the threat of division that could encumber May’s departure preparations.