The last time Theresa May met with EU leaders en masse, she was caught on camera being shunned by her European counterparts. At today’s Malta EU summit, the Prime Minister managed to avoid any lonesome moments. On the walkabout she was seen with Angela Merkel, but then a planned bilateral meeting between the two was cancelled on the grounds that they discussed all they need to discuss.
The Prime Minister struggled when it came to selling her new friend President Trump to the 27 EU leaders. Asked if May could act as a ‘bridge’ between the EU and Trump’s administration, Francois Hollande rebuffed the suggestion: ‘It is not about asking one particular country, be it the UK or any other, to represent Europe in its relationship with the United States.’ The French president warned that there would be no future for Europe’s relations with the US ‘if this future isn’t defined in common’.
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