One senior pro-EU lawmaker who attended a party meeting with May - and who herself opposed Brexit past year - said the prime minister told them she wanted to build a "consensus" on how to pull out of current arrangements with Britain's main trading partner.
Asked about whether Britain could remain in the European Union single market, Mr Freeman said: "I think what we need to do is look at all the options as I think in the end this is going to come down to what sort of relationship with Europe do we want to have, and I think people have been anxious by the hard Brexit language which suggests we don't want to be active members".
The chaos has also weighed on the pound, which has plunged nearly two percent since Thursday, and the government may have to delay the announcement of its policy plans to parliament.
What all agree on for the moment is roughly what this site recommended on Saturday - namely, that May must adapt to survive, by governing with her Cabinet, consulting the 1922 Committee Executive more, and making proper use of Ruth Davidson.
"The debate over soft versus hard Brexit is back on the table - and soft Brexit now has more points of influence", Mujtaba Rahman, an analyst with Eurasia Group, wrote in a briefing note.
May has taken the blame for the Conservatives' relatively poor showing in last Thursday's election, in which the party surprisingly lost its majority.
Passing the Queen's Speech - which is written by ministers and presents an outline of its planned legislation for the next Parliamentary session - will be the first major test of Theresa May's proposed minority government.
Mrs May's most senior minister, First Secretary of State Damian Green, said that agreement with the DUP would have to be sealed before finalising the details of the Queen's Speech setting out the Government's legislative programme for the year ahead.
Brexit minister David Davis on Monday insisted that the government still aimed to take Britain out of the European Union single market.
The sum of what has been written about Theresa May on this site during the last few days is roughly as follows.
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The first formal meeting of United Kingdom and European Union officials since the election has concluded without a date being officially set for the start of Brexit talks.
Asked whether Trump had spoken to May about postponing his trip to London, which remains unscheduled, White House spokesman Raj Shah said Sunday: "The president has tremendous respect for Prime Minister May".
Trump recently told May in a phone call that he does not want to go forward with a state visit to Britain until the public here supports the trip, according to a report first published in the Guardian newspaper. Foster, who is due to meet May on Tuesday, could insist that Britain stay in the customs union, and that would probably make it easier to keep an open border with the Irish Republic.
Brexit will likely be on the agenda at the Paris meeting, after May confirmed she will stick to the negotiating timetable.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is touted as the favourite to replace May should she be forced out, called on colleagues to rally behind her.
Over the weekend, May's top two aides stepped aside. "We know those talks are going well and also we know that, at this very important time, we want to produce a substantial Queen's Speech".
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster (L), and DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds prepare to address the media outside Stormont Castle, on the Stormont Estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 12, 2017.
"It is time to stop trying to cling to power and time to admit enough is enough", said Mr Farron, who branded the possible Tory/DUP deal as a "MayDUP government".
He stressed he did not share their ultra-conservative views on issues such as abortion and homosexuality, which have caused disquiet among many Conservatives.
Critics charge that, by bringing the DUP into government, Mrs May risks taking sides in Northern Ireland, where tensions between Catholics and Protestants continue to smoulder.
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