British Prime Minister Theresa May reopened talks with the European Union leaders on the Brexit agreement on Thursday and was bracing for a clash with senior EU officials during a day of divorce negotiations.
May was welcomed by European Commission Jean-Claude President Juncker in a glum, stiff handshake ceremony that underscored the simmering tension between the U.K. and the other 27 EU member states.
With the planned departure date of March 29 closing in, May is expected to be stonewalled by the EU officials when it comes to reopening the legal withdrawal agreement which was already endorsed in November before the U.K. Parliament overwhelmingly rejected it.
The gap between both sides was already yawning, but European Council President