UK Press: Theresa May renews threat to walk away from EU without a deal

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Brexit headlines reported on the front page of the UK Times for Monday, cited that the UK PM Theresa May renews threat to walk away from EU without a deal.

PM May responded to EU comments, “27 EU member states took just four minutes to agree a hardline stance on Brexit at a summit meeting in Brussels before Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, and Michel Barnier, the chief European Union Brexit negotiator, rounded on the prime minister.”

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Dhwani Mehta

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Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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