The uncomfortable moment didn’t go unnoticed by the UK media, with BBC Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill pointing out on Twitter that Merkel normally waits on the red carpet to greet guests — but was nowhere to be found when May stepped out on Tuesday.
Slightly awkward start to what the German press call Theresa May’s ‘begging tour’ Angela Merkel normally waits on red carpet to greet guests on arrival ….not today… pic.twitter.com/yYYG3NGy37
— jenny hill (@jennyhillBBC) April 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/RTUKnews/status/1115587663371706368
May is in Berlin to convince EU leaders to grant a second delay to Brexit after the British parliament repeatedly failed to back her withdrawal agreement, leaving Britain in limbo just three days before the official April 12 exit date. The trip has humiliatingly been dubbed the “begging tour” by some in the German press.