Brussels • British Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday that she would not seek reelection as she headed to Brussels for a last-ditch effort to convince fellow E.U. leaders to soften the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Hours after she survived a challenge to her leadership from her own rebellious ranks, she told reporters here that she had agreed to stand down ahead of the 2022 elections as a condition for winning support now to oversee Britain's departure from the European Union.
"In my heart I would love to be able to lead the Conservative Party into the next general election, but I think that it is right that the party feels that it would prefer to go into that with a new leader," May said on her way into the summit in Brussels.