EU’s Tusk Presses Britain to Start Brexit Talks

 European Council President Donald Tusk has sent the British prime minister a letter congratulating Theresa May for her party’s win and reminding her about upcoming talks on Britain’s exit from the European Union, known as the Brexit.

In the letter of congratulation on Friday, Tusk emphasized the urgency of the Brexit talks.

He said to May that “our shared responsibility and urgent task now is to conduct the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.”

“The time frame set by Article 50 of the Treaty leaves us with no time to lose,” he said.

 May had called for the snap election on June 8, envisioning a landslide victory for the ruling Conservative Party, which was expected to strengthen her in the upcoming Brexit talks. Instead, she miscalculated the British citizens’ will, and this has diminished her authority.

The loss of seats in the parliamentary elections, down from 330 to 318, forced May to announce on Friday a planned minority government with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists.

The dire results for May prompted politicians in the UK, across Europe, and beyond to question whether she would now deliver the promised Brexit on time.

Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Labour Party was ready to form its own government and lead the Brexit talks.

Corbyn urged May to “go and make way for a government that is truly representative of this country.”

“We are ready to undertake negotiations on behalf of this country, to protect jobs and have a sensible free trade arrangement with Europe,” he said.

The Brexit talks are due to start in ten days.

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