The new British prime-minister, Theresa May, agrees with Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, who said that Great Britain must exit the European Union quickly. If Juncker thought he would be intimidating the Brits, that may have been the case while David Cameron was prime-minister, but things have changed, after his departure and the arrival of the new "Iron Lady" Theresa May at the helm of the British government.
She said: "Brexit means Brexit and we will make a success out of it. There won't be any attempts to remain in the European Union. No attempts to join through the backdoor, no second referendum. The country has voted to leave the European Union and as prime-minister I will make sure that we are leaving the EU".
Since Juncker said it would not be an amicable divorce, Theresa May is charged with getting as much as possible in the divorce asset division.
To the Romanian public, Theresa May is an unknown. But the international press has published a recording of May Kenneth Clarke, a veteran of the conservative policy, at a time when he didn't know his microphone was on, saying that the new British prime-minister is "a bloody difficult woman".
Meanwhile, Jean-Claude Juncker has quite a reputation. Before serving the position of president of the European Commission, he served for a long time as head of the Eurogroup. But he is famous for eccentricities and blunders. Rumors in the media imply that Juncker is a long-time drunk, which might explain how he got to nonchalantly claim on the occasion of the Brexit that he has also consulted with ..."the leaders of planets", a statement which left the members of the European Parliament unfazed - nobody laughed, no one attempted to rebuke him.
That would also explain his cheeky behavior when welcoming the heads of state at a EU summit, where he slaps each of them on the cheek (sometimes quite hard) and he plays the dictator.
We wonder if Klaus Iohannis ever got slapped, as that seems to mean you're on the good graces of Jean Claude Juncker. Still, maybe he was spared because of his height, because depending on his swift reflexes would be a losing bet.
If the press is right about Juncker's vice, there is a chance for the new Iron Lady to get what she wants for Britain, if Juncker falls under the negotiation table.
See the videos with Jean Claude Juncker here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J44uxw7Ml1I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgiI46FCDU )
• David Cameron is asking his successor to stay as close as possible to the European Union
British prime-minister David Cameron has asked his successor to the head of the executive in London, Theresa May, to position Great Britain as close to the EU as possible, the Reuters agency states.
"The advice I am going to give my successor, who is a brilliant negotiator, is that we must try to stay as close to the European Union as possible, to maintain the trade, cooperation and security benefits", said Cameron during the last questions and answers session that he participated in the London parliament in as prime-minister. He thus responded to a question concerning Scotland, where in the referendum of June 23rd, the majority of voters opted to stay in the EU.
"The (English) Channel won't get any wider once we leave the European Union and this is the relationship that we have to pursue. Such a relationship would be good for Great Britain as well as for Scotland", said Cameron.
He handed over the PM responsibilities to the current internal affairs minister, Theresa May, after the failure of the pro-European camp in the referendum on the EU membership, when 51.9% of the voters voted in favor of the EU exit.
According to AFP, Theresa May said that she wants for Great Britain to "negotiate" the best agreement with the European Union concerning the Brexit. She stressed that she has based her campaign to win the leadership of the Conservative Party and the Executive on "the need to negotiate the best agreement for Great Britain, which will leave the EU, and to establish a new role for the country in the world".
Theresa May also said she was "honored" to be chosen to succeed David Cameron as leader of the ruling Conservative Party, according to DPA. She said that Great Britain "needs a vision that works for every one of us", after the June 23rd referendum for exiting the EU has revealed the social, economic and political dissensions.
Theresa May was born on October 1st, 1956 in Eastbourne, Sussex. She has pursued studies in the state sector as well as in the private sector. She has studied Geography at St. Hugh College of Oxford University. She began her career at the Bank of England and she was the head of the European Affairs Unit and foreign issues advisor in the Association for Payment Clearing Services - APACS.
She was involved in politics on every level for many years before being an advisor of "London Borough of Wandsworth" between 1986 and 1994. She was a minister of education (1988-1990) and the leader of the Conservative parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies in the House of Commons (1992-1994), according to Agerpres. In May 1997, she was elected as a member of Parliament representing the town of Maidenhead of Berkshire county, the South East England region. Her local activity has included a number of campaigns to improve the local railroad services, the medical services of the St. Marks hospital and of the image of the Maidenhead town.
Between 1999-2010 she held various positions in the "shadow cabinet" of the Conservative Party, including state secretary for education and employment, state secretary for labor and pensions and leader of the House of Commons. Between 2002 and 2003 she was the first female secretary general of the Conservative Party. She was appointed as minister of internal affairs in May 2010. From that position she got involved in combating crime, securing the borders and reducing immigration. She was also a minister of women and gender equality between 2010 and 2012.
"She has an incredible work capacity and is very demanding", says one of her female colleagues, who preferred to remain anonymous, and who added: "She hates risk, she is a reliable person".
The international press claims that the new British prime-minister has a deficit of human warmth that she tries to correct, by publishing a number of personal photos, including several that show her hugging her husband, Philip John May, a banker. Theresa May says that she likes to take walks and cook. In her social circle, she is full of humor and charming. And her classic clothing style is regularly offset by a pair of luxury shoes, her little sin.
• Martin Schulz is asking for negotiations with Great Britain to occur without resentment
After the numerous adamant statements made by some European officials concerning Great Britain, the president of the European Parliament (PE), Martin Schulz, has taken a more conciliating tone and in a message sent to The Guardian has asked for the negotiations concerning the exit of the European Union to take place "without resentment".
Schulz has also asked the new British prime-minister to activate article 50 of the EU treaty, which regulates the exit from the EU, at the end of summer. So far, European officials have insistently asked Great Britain to take this step as quickly possible.
"Now, once the country knows exactly who it's going to have as prime-minister, I estimate that once summer is done the British government will notify its intention to make the United Kingdom exit the EU (...) Then the negotiations must begin without resentment", the president of the European parliament said in its message sent to the Guardian, adding: "The United Kingdom should not be treated as a deserter, but as a family member that is still loved, but has decided to go in a different direction".
A few weeks prior to the referendum by which the Brits have decided to leave the EU, the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, said in an interview granted to Le Monde that the EU won't welcome "deserters" with open arms, meanings the British, once they choose the Brexit. After the referendum, officials of the European institutions and of some of the member states have stood out through very critical statements against the government of David Cameron, who decided to leave the activation of article 50 to the next government.
But Theresa May also said that she doesn't intend to notify the activation of this article any earlier than the end of the year, claiming that her government needs time to formulate its negotiation strategy.