LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday rejected an account of a difficult meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and the head of the European Commission that was reported by German newspaper FAS, reiterating that the meeting had gone well.
May and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker met on Wednesday for dinner, ahead of talks over Britain's departure from the European Union that are expected to begin in June. Both sides said the meeting had been constructive.
But Juncker was quoted on Sunday by Germany's FAS newspaper as saying he was "leaving Downing Street 10 times more sceptical than I was before."
"We do not recognise this account," a government spokesman said in a statement.
"As the Prime Minister and Jean-Claude Juncker made clear, this was a constructive meeting ahead of the negotiations formally getting underway." (Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Andrew Heavens)