Merkel Sends Positive Signal to May on Brexit Talks

Merkel Sends Positive Signal to May on Brexit Talks
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium Oct. 20, 2017. Reuters/Dario Pignatelli
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BRUSSELS–German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a markedly positive response on Friday to an EU summit appeal by Prime Minister Theresa May for help with Brexit, said talks with Britain were moving forward and were unlikely to break down.

Merkel made her comments at the end of the first day of a European Union summit and after May had appealed to her fellow leaders to help her silence critics at home and break a deadlock in the talks.