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Britain wants a bespoke model for its future ties with the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, during a tour of Eastern European allies aimed at securing support in negotiations on leaving the bloc. In the five weeks since Britons voted to quit the EU, politicians have tried to solve the riddle of how to restrict EU migrants' freedom to live and work in Britain but still retain access to the EU's single market for goods and services. After meeting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Poland's Beata Szydlo, May called for open minds. "We should be driven by what is in the best interests of the UK and what is going to work for the European Union, not by the models that already exist," she told a news conference in Bratislava. "We need to find a solution that addresses the concerns of the British people about free movement while getting the best possible deal on trade in goods and services." The models proposed hav...

French President Hollande Greeting British Prime Minister Theresa May at the foot the entrance to the Elysee Palace French President Francois Hollande urged Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to quickly come up with a negotiating stance for Britain's departure from the European Union but agreed she needed time to trigger the formal divorce. A day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel also endorsed May's call for some breathing space to prepare for formal talks to end Britain's membership, May won acceptance from Hollande of her position not to trigger the formal exit procedure this year. But the French leader, under pressure after a deadly Islamist attack in Nice and keen to dampen the popularity of Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front, was clear Britain could not put off invoking Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty for long. "The sooner the better," Hollande told a news conference when asked when France wanted to see Britain st...