Newspapers across Europe reacted to Theresa May’s Brexit speech with striking front pages mocking the British PM.
The Prime Minister revealed on Tuesday the UK will quit the single market but warned European leaders against punishing the UK, threatening “no deal is better than a bad deal for Britain”.
While some pro-Brexit UK newspapers ran with front pages welcoming Mrs May’s stance on leaving Europe, newspapers across the Channel had a less positive outlook.
German newspaper Die Welt ran with the mocking headline “Little Britain: Prime Minister Theresa May leads the UK into isolation”.
The front of Italy’s La Repubblica read: “Brexit: London gets its wall, ‘away from the EU and common market’.
Others called the PM’s stance rigid and inflexible, while others suggested likely repercussions for the rest of Europe.
French newspaper Libération ran with a front page suggesting Europe will now “sink or swim” in a climate which has seen Brexit and President-elect Mr Trump both voted in.
Italy’s Corriere della Sera splashed with “Theresa May’s clear cut” while Denmark’s broadsheet Politiken ran the headline: “Brits slam the door hard on EU”.
Dnes, the Czech daily newspaper, said: “Brexit according to May: no compromise.”
The Spanish newspaper El Pais does not top with Brexit, but mentions Mrs May's speech in the top right of the title page, calling her announcement her “most important speech” since coming to Downing Street.
It references the Prime Minister's announcement that Britain will leave the single market, adding that Mrs May is hoping for a hard Brexit subject to Parliament's vote.
A close-up of Mrs May's face set against a Union flag dominates the front of Spanish newspaper ABC.
Its headline translates to: "May threatens the EU with a commercial war."
It warns that Britain will create a tax haven if the rest of Europe "punishes" it during negotiations.
