Brexit crisis to test ‘Iron Ladies’ Merkel, May

BERLIN: Pragmatic, childless pastors’ daughters with killer instincts who were long underestimated by their blustering male peers—the parallels between new British Prime Minister Theresa May and Germany’s Angela Merkel are striking at first glance.

But analysts warn that resemblance may mask more fundamental differences that will complicate talks on Britain’s divorce from the EU, pitting its newest leader against its longest-serving.