Brexit minister Davis says European Union trying to bully Britain

On Wednesday the British prime minister had delivered an unexpected broadside against the EU, claiming the European commission and unnamed officials had been trying through various means to meddle in the United Kingdom general election campaign.

Adding fuel to the fire, after the leaks, the British PM, Theresa May went so far as to accuse Brussels of interfering in the upcoming UK General election. "It would be detrimental to everyone were we not capable of reaching an agreement", Tajani said. May also said that there are people in the European institution who want Brexit to fail.

"I think we have to be more civil about this".

"So she [Mrs May] made the point she made, and she was right to do so".

At a press conference in Brussels, Mr Tusk said: "These negotiations are hard enough as they are".

Following May's comments, European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted: "Brexit talks hard enough".

Mr Tusk said: "The stakes are too high to let our emotions get out of hand, because at stake are the daily lives and interests of millions of people on both sides of the Channel".

In response to the ensuing quarrel, Mr Tusk called for discretion in the negotiations and stressed the need for "moderation, mutual respect and a maximum of goodwill".

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker openly derided Brexit today by telling European grandees the English language was "losing importance" following Britain's decision to leave the EU.

In an address from Downing Street on Wednesday, Mrs May said "there are some in Brussels who do not want these talks to succeed, who do not want Britain to prosper".

Juncker said his Commission had slashed the number of legislative proposals put to European Union governments from 130 a year to 23 and was concentrating on the environment and programmes to boost trade, growth and jobs.

David Davis has accused the European Commission of "trying to bully the British people" following negative stories about Brexit negotiations.

"Threats against Britain have been issued by European politicians and officials".

British opposition leaders have claimed May is using the European Union talks as a distraction from other issues, with Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn accusing her of "playing party games with Brexit".

He added that "the line was crossed" when further stories appeared suggesting Britain would be hit with an exit bill of 100 billion euro (£84.5 billion), almost double the previous estimates.

Tusk's comments were a sobering warning of the risk of a breakdown in the negotiations, which could see Britain crash out without agreeing divorce terms or a transition to ease its exit from the EU's single market.