After losing her parliamentary majority in a botched gamble on a snap election, May's Brexit strategy has become the subject of public debate inside her own party, with calls for her to take a more business-friendly approach.
In an attempt to fight back over repeated reports over the Northern Ireland right-wing party's views on social issues, the party hopes to form a deal with the Conservatives.
Naomi Long of the non-sectarian Alliance Party said May did not reassure her of the government's neutrality in Northern Irish matters.
After Queen Elizabeth II finishes her speech, lawmakers must vote on whether to approve it in the House of Commons.
At a press conference with May, Macron said the door was "always open" for Britain to remain in the European Union as long as the negotiations on Brexit have not finished.
He said that he believed that if a deal is reached, the government "will not be seen to be impartial" which will create problems for communities in the North.
When French President Emmanuel Macron met Mrs May in Paris on Tuesday, he said the door was open for Britain to remain a member of the European Union until talks ended.
Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill, who will also take part in the meeting, said: "I will be making it very clear that any deal between the Tories and the DUP can not be allowed to undermine the Good Friday and subsequent agreements".
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A Sena functionary said: "The Shiv Sena will not stretch the presidential candidate issue beyond a point and give its nod to the BJP".
The DUP source told BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith the two parties were now finalising the "terms and conditions" of an agreement after Mrs May and DUP leader Arlene Foster met on Tuesday.
Northern Ireland's five political parties are set to meet with the Prime Minister Theresa May and Secretary of State James Brokenshire at Downing Street today.
The UK's Brexit minister, David Davis, will open divorce talks in Brussels next week with an offer to allow the three million European Union citizens living in Britain the same rights that they have now, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday (14 June).
Northern Ireland's largest nationalist party Sinn Fein said it would oppose any deal that undermines a peace deal known as the Good Friday Agreement, with President Gerry Adams telling Britain: "We want to govern ourselves".
While the DUP are deeply eurosceptic, they have baulked at some of the practical implications of a so-call hard Brexit - including a potential loss of a "frictionless border" with the Republic of Ireland - and talks will touch on efforts to minimise the potential damage to Northern Ireland.
Theresa May insisted the Government was "absolutely steadfast" in its commitment to the Northern Irish peace process as she faced questions on whether a DUP-Tory alliance would put fragile agreements at risk.
During the complex talks, the two sides will also have to negotiate a new customs and trade regime between the single market and the UK.
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