Daily Express: Angel Merkel refused to press Teresa May's hand at the EU summit in Salzburg

German Chancellor Angela Merkel passed by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Teresa May at the European Union summit in Salzburg. It is reported by Daily Express .

The incident occurred the day before, when Angel Merkel approached the group of politicians, among whom was a British prime minister. May smiled and leaned forward to the German chancellor, but she ignored her gesture and headed for Lithuania President Dal Grigauskaite.

As Nick Watt’s political editor previously stated, Merkel believes that Britain should “suffer” due to voting to exit the European Union. According to him, Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and EU leaders want to make a deal, but are not ready to pay any price for it that will suit Britain. Merkel believes that Britain should make some concessions during negotiations, and the negotiations themselves will be difficult.

Last Wednesday, Teresa May first presented to other EU members a plan for leaving the European Union, assuring that she had no intention of departing exit from the EU or hold a second referendum. “I know that many of you do not want Brexit, but it is important to be sure that there will be no second referendum in the UK. The public issued its verdict, and I, as the Prime Minister, should ensure its execution - the UK will leave on March 29 next year,” May said. She called her plan quite acceptable and reasonable and expressed hope for understanding from the rest of the European Union. “All of us are responsible for this transaction to be completed,” she said. European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker called May’s speech in Salzburg “interesting”.

At the meeting, the heads of state and governments of the participating countries discussed the problems of migration, Brexit and internal security. Also, one of the topics was the situation around the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury , but it was previously reported that the EU leaders would not make official conclusions based on the results of the summit. The adoption of new sanctions against Russia on this subject is also not expected.

As for May itself, it was recently about fifty of the British parliamentarians entering the right wing of the ruling conservative party discussed the possibility of its resignation . It was noted that many members of the conservative party remain dissatisfied with the Brexit strategy defended by the government, despite the fact that the EU negotiator Michel Barnier expressed hope for resolving the terms of the transaction by the beginning of November. It is also reported that the 1922 parliamentary committee, uniting conservative deputies, will offer May to resign after March 2019 .

In July, in the suburbs of London, the Cabinet Ministers developed an agreement in which the Brexit conditions were determined. It was decided that Britain would follow pan -European standards and regulation measures in the field of trade in goods and agricultural products, and in exchange would receive the right to unlimited trade in the European Unified Market.

Euroskeptics advocate Britain’s exit from the European Unified Market, the Customs Union of the EU and the termination of the jurisdiction of the European Union in the country. Brexit should take place on March 29, 2019, then a transition period will come, which will last until December 31, 2020.

Until recently, negotiations between Brussels and London, by agreement of Brexit, remained blocked due to the problem of organizing the border between the EU in the EU and the EU coming as part of the United Kingdom of Northern Ireland.

The Brexit summit is scheduled for November 13. If the terms of the transaction are agreed, Teresa May will have to receive approval from the British parliament. Then the release program will be submitted for approval by the European Parliament.