London — Britain’s Brexit minister, David Davis, on Friday said European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker had tried to meddle in British politics but "learnt his lesson" from the government’s tough reaction. "I think to be honest he has now learnt his lesson — he is not going to be meddling in British politics any more or at least if he does he will get the same reaction," Davis told the Daily Telegraph. Relations between Britain and EU leaders have become increasingly rancorous in the run-up to Britain’s June 8 general election, with Prime Minister Theresa May accusing Brussels of interference ahead of highly complex talks on Britain’s departure from the EU. The diplomatic row erupted earlier in May following a report in German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Juncker had left a dinner meeting with May "10 times more sceptical" about the prospect of a Brexit deal and told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that May was in a "different galaxy". The report also said...
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