Britain's Brexit minister David Davis said Britain could still walk away from negotiations with the European Union with no deal, and it was important to keep that option as talks over the terms of Britain's departure from the bloc begin.
One senior pro-EU lawmaker who attended a party meeting with May - and who herself opposed Brexit last year - said the prime minister told them she wanted to build a "consensus" on how to pull out of current arrangements with Britain's main trading partner."She recognised the different views in the party on Brexit and she also recognised the need to not just reflect the party but indeed the parliament and the country", the lawmaker said.Ruth Davidson, the influential leader of the Conservatives in Scotland, which voted heavily to remain in the European Union last year and where May's party won rather than lost seats on Thursday, called for a deal that put "economic growth first" and said after the meeting with May that the Brexit policy could change.
In Brussels on Wednesday Barnier instead met Olly Robbins, a senior official in Davis's ministry, and Britain's ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow to discuss arrangements for the talks following the election shock.
Macron and May are also expected to discuss the need for closer cooperation at the European level to fight terrorism, which they discussed at the G7 in Italy and at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Brussels late last month. "As of yet, no date for opening the negotiations has been agreed", an European Union official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Thus we must begin this negotiation. "This doesn't depend entirely on us", Winterstein told a daily briefing. His comments echo those of EU President Donald Tusk who said on Friday that there was "no time to lose" to avoid Britain crashing out without a deal on future relations.
His comments came after the European Commission's chief negotiator Michael Barnier said the United Kingdom risks falling off a "no deal" cliff edge if it wastes more time.
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Doubt, however, has been cast on that explanation because of cryptic testimony from former FBI Director James Comey last week . The now former FBI Director failed to reveal that information publicly while he was still in his position.
London has said it wants the Barnier-Davis talks to start as scheduled next Monday, but since Thursday's election it has not formally committed to the date.
May's catastrophic showing in Thursday's election has caused consternation in the European Union, which is keen to push through the disruptive Brexit process as soon as possible.
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