Eurocrats 'don't want UK to prosper' May attacks EU plot to DESTROY Brexit & sway election
THERESA May has accused EU politicians and officials of trying to meddle in the General Election through threats around Brexit.
Theresa May: Some people in Brussels don't want Brexit to succeed
Speaking outside Downing Street, the Prime Minister launched a searing attack on unelected Eurocrats for wanting Brexit talks to fail.
She said: "There are some in Brussels who do not want these talks to succeed, who do not want Britain to prosper."
Tensions between the UK and the EU have heightened in recent days after a series of leaks about the upcoming negotiations.
The European Commission's negotiating stance has hardened
Mrs May added: "The European Commission's negotiating stance has hardened.
"Threats against Britain have been issued by European politicians and officials.
"All of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the General Election that will take place on June 8."
Last week, a German newspaper leaked details of a tense meeting between Mrs May and Commission president Jean Claude-Juncker.
Mr Juncker reportedly left saying he was "10 times more sceptical" about the prospect of a deal following the talks.
And a Financial Times article this morning claimed the EU will force the UK to pay an eye-watering €100billion divorce bill.
Mrs May said the events of recent days showed the importance of a "strong and stable" government to hammer out a Brexit deal.
She said: "Making Brexit a success is central to our national interest and central to your own security and prosperity.
"If we do not get this right, the consequences will be serious."
And she said voters faced a "very simple" choice on June 8 between her and a "coalition of chaos" led by Jeremy Corbyn.
She warned: "Britain will simply not get the right Brexit deal if we have the drift and division of a hung parliament.
"So, with Jeremy Corbyn negotiating Brexit, we will all pay a high price."
Mrs May made the speech after visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace to mark the dissolution of Parliament.
She spent more than 30 minutes at the Palace, in a longer-than-anticipated audience with the monarch.
Wednesday is normally the day for the weekly meeting between the head of state and the Prime Minister.