Juncker rejects claim May begged for help at dinner meeting

European commission president denies making comments reported in German media, as aide denies being source of leakJean-Claude Juncker has rushed to salvage relations with Downing Street at a dangerous point in the Brexit negotiations by denying claims that the prime minister had begged for help at a recent private dinner, instead insisting she had been in “good shape” and “fighting”.The European commission president made the comments hours after his chief of staff, Martin