Where’s Angela? Theresa walks up red carpet alone
THERE was an awkward moment for Theresa May as she arrived at the German Chancellery for talks with Angela Merkel – who failed to greet her.
Mrs Merkel traditionally meets important guests on the red carpet, but the Prime Minister was forced to walk down alone before entering the building.
The two leaders then re-emerged to shake hands for the cameras
before disappearing again inside. A body language expert yesterday suggested that the two leaders were at odds over a Brexit extension.
Mrs May’s hand clasp resembled a ‘begging gesture’ while both women cut ‘grim’ expressions.
Judi James said: ‘It’s the huge spatial gap between these two women that gives the suggestion of further separation rather than unity.
‘Merkel in particular tends to keep both her allies and her enemies close but this pose suggests some desire to end the conversation.’
It was a different scene when Mrs May later headed to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, who greeted her with a hug and kisses on both cheeks.