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May, Merkel both re**wned for firmness, pragmatism
**w Theresa May and Angela Merkel, equally firm but pragmatic, will go head to head to determine Britain’s future relationship with Europe. Two years the German chancellor’s junior, May is highly regarded among European officials who largely welcomed news that she will become British prime minister on Wednesday after David Cameron bows out. "Very disciplined" is how one senior German official who has worked closely with May described the Oxford University-educated daughter of a Church of England vicar. She has "excellent” relations with French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, a source in Paris said. Described by one veteran British conservative as a "bloody difficult woman", 59-year-old May will need to muster all the goodwill she can in Europe. Her task is to deal with the negotiating clout and stamina of Merkel, who in 10 years as chancellor has regularly outlasted other European Union leaders at late night Brussels meetings. Under the Lisbon Treaty, a deal on Britain’s departure from the EU must be concluded with the European Council, which groups leaders of the 27 other member states. Merkel´s role, however, is crucial. After Britons voted for Brexit on June 23, she met the leaders of France and Italy to plan the way ahead for the EU, showing that its biggest member states - rather than its institutions - want to determine this. Both women, who have been married for decades, saw off male challengers on their way to the top. Merkel defeated her more flamboyant predecessor, the Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder, at the ballot box in 2005.May, who has been British interior minister for the past six years, will become prime minister simply because Conservative members of parliament elected her leader of the ruling party. But the woman who has declared "I’m **t a showy politician", is also replacing a less cautious politician in the pro-EU Cameron, whose gamble in calling the referendum failed. Merkel and May agree on one thing: in the Briton’s words "Brexit means Brexit". Merkel has insisted the result of what was officially an advisory referendum must be respected. Beyond that, battle lines are already being drawn. May says Britain will **t rush to trigger the formal divorce proceedings under the Lisbon Treaty. Merkel, however, wants Britain to make its intentions clear more quickly. On Tuesday, Merkel put the ball in May’s court. "We must **w wait until Britain says what relationship it envisages with the European Union and then we will lead, in our interests, the best negotiations for our citizens in the 27 member states," she said. The chancellor wants to retain strong links with Britain, Germany’s fifth-biggest trading partner for goods, but her bigger priority is to hold together the remaining EU members. British diplomats who have worked with May in Brussels rate her highly, saying she is one of the best prepared and best informed ministers to negotiate with their EU partners. Their European counterparts agree. "She k**ws Brussels well, she k**ws the people and how things work here," said one EU official who deals with justice and home affairs. "She has always been prepared for the meetings, active in intervening, she k**ws the file." أكثر... ??????? ??????: May, Merkel both re**wned for firmness, pragmatism || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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