EU spokesman rejects British PM's claim of election meddling

The European Union (EU) on Thursday rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May's claim that "bureaucrats" in Brussels was trying to affect the upcoming snap election in Britain and ruin Brexit talks.


Speaking at the midday briefing, Margaritis Schinas, the European Commission's chief spokesperson, said the EU is too busy to care about British election.

"We are not naive, we know that there is an election taking place in the United Kingdom," he said. "This election in the United Kingdom is mainly about Brexit, but we here in Brussels, we are rather busy with our policy work, we have too much to do on our plate."

"We are very busy and we will not Brexitize our work," he said.

"When we have a British government immediately after the UK election, we'll be very busy in engaging constructively in article 50 negotiation for which we are ready," he added.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday made her most stinging remark so far against EU "bureaucrats" in Brussels, accusing them of trying to ruin Brexit talks.
 [globaltimes.cn/Xinhua]
5/5/17