In the wake of her failure to get a parliamentary majority at
Thursday's (8 June) election, EU political leaders are putting pressure
on UK prime minister Theresa May over a possible derailing of Brexit
talks.
"We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a 'no deal' as result of 'no negotiations'," warned European Council president Donald Tusk, in a post on Twitter on Friday morning.
May's Conservative government won 318 seats in the House of Commons, falling short of a majority by 8 seats.
May has asked Queen Elizabeth for permission to form a minority government with the support of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which won 10 seats.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party's leader, said however that May should resign and let another party form a government.
"There isn’t a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time, the party that has lost in this election is the Conservative Party," he said.
Read more: EU leaders closing in on May
"We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a 'no deal' as result of 'no negotiations'," warned European Council president Donald Tusk, in a post on Twitter on Friday morning.
May's Conservative government won 318 seats in the House of Commons, falling short of a majority by 8 seats.
May has asked Queen Elizabeth for permission to form a minority government with the support of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which won 10 seats.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party's leader, said however that May should resign and let another party form a government.
"There isn’t a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time, the party that has lost in this election is the Conservative Party," he said.
Read more: EU leaders closing in on May
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