EU Backs May and Points Finger at Russia for Chemical Attack
- Tusk tweets that there is ‘no other plausible explanation’
- U.K. hopes others will follow through with action on Russia
Theresa May to Tell Allies to Beware Russia
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European Union leaders sided with the U.K. and said it’s “highly likely” that Russia was behind the nerve agent poisoning in Britain of a former double agent.
At the start of a two-day summit in Brussels, the spotlight fell on Prime Minister Theresa May as she needed to make a compelling enough case to persuade other members of the EU to line up behind her country.