After a tumultuous week that pitched Britain into its deepest political crisis since the Brexit referendum a year ago, May's future was uncertain due to her botched gamble on a snap election and a muted response to a deadly fire in London.
The UK government's Brexit Secretary David Davis and the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, agreed on Thursday that official divorce talks will begin Monday, June 19. 'I suppose it isn't quite a strong and stable Brexit yet'.
A source in May's Conservative Party said talks continued on Friday.
Amid such upheaval, though, there is little agreement on what kind of Brexit May should try for - even assuming she can hold onto her job.
The loyalist DUP has said it will not accept any "special status" for Northern Ireland in the European Union after Brexit, which would eliminate one of the leading suggestions for a solution.
Mrs May has come under pressure in the wake of the shock election result to moderate her approach to Brexit, with the loss of her majority seen as a rejection of her intention to take Britain out of the single market, exit the customs union and end freedom of movement from the continent.
Opponents describe that as a "hard Brexit".
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British finance minister Philip Hammond said Britain should adopt a pragmatic approach to Brexit negotiations which begin on Monday, striking a different tone to Prime Minister Theresa May who has threatened to leave the European Union without a deal if necessary.
While Britain's economy has shown unexpected resilience since the Brexit vote, there are signs of weakness.
Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit coordinator, said that Brexit can be halted, but if Britain reversed course it should not expect to keep getting its EU budget rebates or opt-outs from key EU rules. 'It's a bit of a dog's breakfast at the moment because there is a lot of manoeuvring and a lot of moving parts'.
"We want to see a Brexit that works for everybody, not just in Northern Ireland from my perspective but in the Republic of Ireland as well, so it is about a sensible Brexit", Foster told reporters.
But the true figure could be far lower, as the 100 billion does not account for tens of billions that Britain is set to get back in shared assets and rebates.
The unprecedented negotiations come nearly exactly a year after Britons voted last June 23 to leave the EU.
Three days after the talks begin, May is due to travel to Brussels for an European Union summit - a chance for the other 27 leaders to take stock of their negotiating partner in the sharply altered climate brought about by the dramas of the past two weeks.
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