British PM picks Berlin, Paris for 1st foreign tour

“The prime minister will make her first overseas visits this week. This will be an opportunity to discuss the bilateral relationship, cooperation on a range of global challenges, and of course how the UK and Germany can work together as the UK prepares to leave the EU,” a Downing Street spokesperson said.

With Brexit at the heart of her premiership, it came as little surprise that May chose the two leading EU economies to kick-start talks over the UK’s future relationship with the economic bloc.