EU's Tusk hails 'Churchill' May, slams Trump for backing Brexit


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  • Wednesday, 18 Jan 2017

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after delivering her keynote speech on Brexit at Lancaster House in London, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The EU leader who will oversee Britain's Brexit negotiations with the bloc hailed Theresa May on Wednesday for echoing Winston Churchill in backing European integration.

May's comments in laying out her plans for quitting the European Union were, European Council President Donald Tusk told EU lawmakers, a contrast to those of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has suggested more countries may follow Britain out.

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