Britain's Brexit minister David Davis says Britain could still walk away from negotiations with the European Union with no deal, and it's important to keep that option open as talks over the terms of Britain's departure from the bloc begin.
When asked if she was in floods of tears on Friday, Davis told ITV's "Good Morning Britain" show: "Not when I saw her".
In the election the Conservatives won most seats, but short of winning enough for an overall majority.
Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's top Brexit official, is eager to get talks started. "So we have 15, or 16 more months".
"Whatever happens Theresa May is toast - it is just a matter of time", Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said.
"The worries are unnecessary and they shouldn't have them but we want make sure they are dealt with as soon as possible", he said.
Mrs Merkel, who is meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss trade, told reporters gathered in Mexico City on Friday: "I assume that Britain, from what I heard from the prime minister today, wants to stick to its negotiating plan".
"I'm sorry for all those candidates and hard working party workers who weren't successful", May had said on Friday after a surprise resurgence by the main opposition Labour Party under its leftwing leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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However there was clear frustration with the European Union at the failure of the election to deliver a decisive result.
The pound slid to its lowest in almost two months on Friday after Prime Minister Theresa May's election gamble backfired, eroding her parliamentary majority, although her Conservative Party still won the most seats. "Running a country is more hard and she's formidably good at that". "Do your best to avoid a "no deal" as result of 'no negotiations", European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted following last week's General Election in the UK.
But elsewhere in the E.U.'s political establishment, there were questions over whether Britain, newly submerged in political uncertainty, could now even engage with the complex negotiations that lie ahead.
Brussels has insisted that talks on the so-called divorce, taking in issues including the fee the United Kingdom will have to pay to sever its ties, must make sufficient progress before any discussion on a future trade agreement could begin.
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Labour's Corbyn, revelling in a storming campaign performance after pundits had pronounced his party all but dead, said May should step down and that he wanted to form a minority government. While May remains prime minister until a new government is formed, she does not have a clear mandate for her interpretation of Brexit that includes limits on immigration and leaving the single market.
May's predecessor David Cameron sought to silence eurosceptic fellow Conservatives by calling the referendum on European Union membership, expecting Britons to vote to remain.
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