For Mrs. May, the summit was another ordeal after one of the most tumultuous five days in recent British politics. On Monday she abruptly postponed a Parliament vote on the Brexit deal, calculating that it would be defeated resoundingly. And she has to reschedule a vote in Parliament that she is widely expected to lose. Her conundrum won little sympathy from the bloc’s leaders during the two-day summit meeting. “When it comes to the future relationship, our British friends need to say what they want, rather than asking us what we want,” Mr. Juncker said.

Source: New York Times December 14, 2018 19:03 UTC