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Heather Stewart, Jennifer Rankin and Daniel Boffey, in Brussels

YOU WONT BELIEVE: May struggling to win eu support for view on russian threat - What They Never Told You

May met the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron
May met the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who have been robust in echoing Britain’s position. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AFP/Getty Images

The European Union has recalled its ambassador from Moscow after leaders on the continent threw their weight behind Theresa May’s stance over the Salisbury attack. Several EU member states were poised to announce expulsions of diplomats, in a bid to dismantle Vladimir Putin’s spy network.

Following a summit in Brussels to discuss the response to the Salisbury nerve agent attack, EU leaders gave their full-throated backing to the prime minister by adopting a statement declaring it was “highly likely Russia is responsible” for poisoning Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.

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