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THIS is the awkward moment Theresa May got locked in her car today while Angela Merkel waited for her to talk Brexit.

The PM got stuck inside her car while the German Chancellor anxiously looked on.

This is the awkward moment Angela Merkel has to wait while Theresa May gets locked in her car
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This is the awkward moment Angela Merkel has to wait while Theresa May gets locked in her car

The car door was stuck for around 12 seconds before staff could finally get it open.

Mrs May is on a whistle-stop tour around Europe today, having crunch talks with leaders over how to break the Brexit impasse.

She's meeting Mrs Merkel in Berlin today before dashing to Brussels to meet with Donald Tusk around 4pm and Jean Claude Juncker at around 6.15pm.

But they have refused to agree to re-open talks on the Brexit deal, saying they will only help her to try and get the deal through Parliment in other ways.

Staff frantically tried to get the car door open today - but the PM was locked inside
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Staff frantically tried to get the car door open today - but the PM was locked inside
Eventually Mrs May was able to get out of the car and meet the German Chancellor
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Eventually Mrs May was able to get out of the car and meet the German Chancellor
Finally the pair could greet each other after waiting for the door to get unlocked
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Finally the pair could greet each other after waiting for the door to get unlockedCredit: AFP or licensors

She will ask for a way to end the hated "Irish backstop" which Brexiteers fear will trap Britain in the European customs union.

But in an early blow for the PM's chances of success, Mr Juncker has already said there is "no room whatsoever" to make any major changes to the Brexit deal.

On another day of Brexit high drama:

  • Mrs May's job hung by a thread with Tory plotters aiming to push her out by the New Year
  • Remainers launched a new push to get a second referendum by ramping up pressure on Jeremy Corbyn
  • The PM was accused of being in contempt of Parliament by banning MPs from voting on Brexit
  • A Commons committee warned Britain could slip in to the backstop by mistake

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The chaos comes after the PM was forced to scrap the planned Commons vote on her deal, due to take place today.

She wants European leaders to agree tweak to the deal in time for a Brussels summit starting on Thursday.

That would allow Mrs May to put her deal to MPs as early as next week - but if she fails it could be delayed to the New Year.

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