PM meeting with European Commission President Juncker: 26 April 2017

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May met with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk in London on the 6 April 2017 for talks following the triggering of Article 50 on the 29 March 2017.

Later in the month, Theresa May met with President Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Commission at Downing Street on the 26 April 2016 for further talks.

Various news sources reported on the talks held over a dinner and suggested that they had not gone well with both sides seemingly far apart on the key issues.

• Primary Source

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

EUObserver, 02.05.17: Brussels gossip? May belittles report on Juncker clash https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/137738

ESO: Background information: Special European Council (art. 50), Brussels, 29 April 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/special-european-council-art-50-brussels-29-april-2017/

ESO: Background information: PM meeting with Donald Tusk: 6 April 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/pm-meeting-with-donald-tusk-6-april-2017/

The Guardian, 01.05.17: [Opinion]: How Juncker's Downing Street dinner turned sour https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/01/how-junckers-downing-street-dinner-turned-sour

The Telegraph, 01.05.17: How Theresa May's Downing Street dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker unravelled http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/01/theresa-mays-downing-street-dinner-jean-claude-juncker-unravelled/

Politico, 03.05.17: [Opinion]: Juncker vs May: You ain’t seen nothing yet http://www.politico.eu/article/jean-claude-juncker-versus-theresa-may-aint-seen-nothing-yet-brexit-dinner-leaks/

EurActiv, 02.05.17: ‘Sceptical’ Juncker fears Theresa May is living ‘in another galaxy’ http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/sceptical-juncker-fears-theresa-may-is-living-in-another-galaxy/

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