Merkel rejects informal Brexit talks before official UK application to leave

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she did not want to pressure Britain to slow or accelerate its exit from the European Union but she also made clear that informal discussions on Brexit could not begin until London applies to leave. On Friday Prime Minister David Cameron said he would resign in October and that he would leave it to his successor to start the formal process to quit the EU by invoking Article 50. The chief executive of Britain's Vote Leave campaign, Matthew Elliott, h