How global newspapers reacted to the General Election hung parliament

Now that it made a decision to jump ship, it seems it can't get its act together to actually leave.

Before even considering the economic and social ramifications of this remarkable election on Brexit, Theresa May's sudden lack of a majority is sparking concern that she might need to delay the talks altogether.

"A government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country". "It is not only about the United Kingdom, but also about the future of Europe", he told The Associated Press. Guy Verhofstadt, the Brexit representative for the European Parliament, said today that the result was "yet another own goal - after Cameron now May", referring to last year's Brexit referendum.

However, she struggled to gain positive traction in the polls after performing poorly in interviews and refusing to participate in televised debates with the other party's leaders.

However, DUP leader Arlene Foster's initial comments were non-committal: "The prime minister has spoken with me this morning and we will enter discussions with the Conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation at this time of great challenge". After polls in Holland and France saw the electorate reject far-right populist parties that were critical of European Union, the British people too seem to have voted for a more temperate approach to issues such as migration and trade.

The British pollsters - and prime minister - have come up short once again. This is disappointing for Prime Minister Theresa May, who chose to call an early election to try to strengthen her hand in talks with the European Union on Brexit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to cling to power although she could not take the Conservative Party to victory in a snap election that she had called, hoping to form "a strong and stable government" as Brexit negotiations begin later this month.

No. It has happened only twice in the past century, in 1974 and 2010, though governments that were elected with a majority have also lost it through defection.

"I thought surrealism was a Belgian invention", quipped Verhofstadt, a former Belgian prime minister. Exports of goods and services account for about 27 per cent of the British economy, with nearly half of exports going to the EU. Oettinger added that "without a government, there's no negotiation". Now, all remains unclear. On voting day, The Sun urged its readers not to "chuck Britain in the Cor-bin", but after the results were out, its front page headline, over a photo of May eating chips, was "She's had her chips". The risk of having no deal worries some in Britain, particularly businesses. Most obviously, if no government is formed by the scheduled start of talks, there will be no government leader to negotiate with. "We know when they must end", he said, referring to the March 2019 deadline.