May Expects No Quick Brexit Breakthrough as She Seeks EU Help

May Expects No Quick Brexit Breakthrough as She Seeks EU Help
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 13, 2018. Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Britain’s weakened prime minister, Theresa May, said on Thursday, Dec. 13,  she did not expect to secure a quick breakthrough in Brexit talks that would give her fractured party the reassurances needed to get her deal through Parliament.

Arriving in Brussels just a day after a failed attempt to topple her at home, May was met largely by readiness to help from European Union leaders and one demand: tell us what you want.