EU growing ‘impatient’ with Britain, says Brexit negotiator Verhofstadt

‘The European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, says EU officials are growing “impatient” with the British government, as they wait for its negotiating position following last week’s snap election.
In a tweet, Verhofstadt said the “current uncertainty cannot continue” after the UK’s June 8 general election resulted in a hung parliament and left Prime Minister Theresa May scrambling to form a minority government propped up by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
May’s humiliating loss of a Tory majority means she is likely to adopt a softer negotiating stance to win support in a House of Commons hostile to a ‘hard Brexit’ and to make sure the DUP gives her the backing she needs.
There are growing calls among MPs of all the major parties for May to drop plans to withdraw from the single market and end freedom of movement, and to soften her stance so that the Brexit deal reflects the electorate’s demands.’
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