New UK Treasury Chief Says There’ll Be No Emergency Budget

European leaders on Wednesday heaped pressure on Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May to launch the country’s divorce proceedings from the EU, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin said he was ready for “constructive dialogue” with David Cameron’s successor.

During the calls, she reinstated her commitment that “Brexit means Brexit”.

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside her official residence, 10 Downing Street in London. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Thursday: “We must let Her Majesty’s new government have a bit of time to make the necessary decisions”.

Removal vans were spotted outside Downing Street on Tuesday, as Cameron’s ministers paid tribute to him in his final cabinet meeting.

May, who had supported Britain’s continued European Union membership, moved quickly to heal divisions sparked by the referendum by appointing leading “Leave” campaigner Johnson to a senior cabinet post.

She said: “I am delighted that Theresa May will be our next Prime Minister”.

And long-time Eurosceptic David Davis became the Minister for Brexit.

May replaced David Cameron after he stood down following the seismic June 23 vote to leave the European Union, which sparked three weeks of intense political turmoil and volatility on the financial markets.

The Taoiseach spoke with Ms May following her appointment last night and discussed what he described as “the important challenges that arise from the recent vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union”.

“Brexiteers” Chris Grayling and Priti Patel won cabinet jobs in a sign of May’s intent to unite the divided governing body and show that, despite having favored the losing Remain side, she will implement the instructions of the electorate.

She appointed former foreign secretary Philip Hammond to the Treasury job instead.

With his unkempt blonde hair, bumbling humor and penchant for gaffes, he is a colorful but contentious choice for conducting sensitive diplomacy with world leaders.

Lesley Fairfax, 70, Taunton “She seems like a very sensible lady, I wouldn’t have liked to see Boris Johnson get in”.

Cameron, who had campaigned for Britain to remain a part of the economic bloc, had announced he will be stepping down for a new PM to handle the Brexit negotiations.

Minutes later, the palace released a photo of May curtseying to the monarch and confirmed that the queen had “requested her to form a new administration”.

He ended by referring to a jibe he directed at then-Prime Minister Tony Blair more than a decade ago: “He was the future once”.

Seen as a tough, competent and intensely private person, already being compared to Germany’s Angela Merkel, she must now try to limit the damage to British trade and investment as she renegotiates the country’s ties with its 27 European Union partners.

Gove’s replacement, Justice Secretary Liz Truss, and the new Education Secretary Justine Greening both attended state schools – as did May.

“The government I lead will be driven, not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours. We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives”.

May said keeping the “precious” United Kingdom together was also a priority after the referendum, with the devolved Scottish government threatening a second independence vote.

“We need to make Europe more competitive, strengthen research and innovation in promising economic sectors not only to avoid falling behind, but also to set European standards”. “No one had a clue who I was until eventually someone said, ‘Hey!”

Earlier, Cameron made his final appearance as prime minister in Parliament, turning the usually raucous prime minister’s questions session into a time for praise, thanks, gentle ribbing, cheers – and a sprinkle of criticism.

One of the set-piece occasions of parliament, prime minister’s questions is rough-and-tumble political theater at its best-as Cameron himself recalled.

Meanwhile, addressing the waiting media outside No 10 before heading to Buckingham Palace to formally resign, Cameron said, “It’s not been easy journey, and of course we’ve not got every decision right”, he said, alongside his wife, Samantha, and children Nancy, Elwen and Florence.

Yet his legacy will be overshadowed by his failed referendum gamble, which he had hoped would keep Britain at the heart of a reformed EU.