Britain's May seeks Brexit delay from Merkel, Macron British Prime Minister Theresa May is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin in the first of visits with leaders of Germany and France in a last-gasp bid to keep the United Kingdom from crashing out of the European Union later this week. May's huddles with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris come on the eve of another tension-packed summit in Brussels.