EU Brexit negotiator says PM’s snap election ‘will not strengthen hand’ in talks

‘The European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator has dismissed the Prime Minister’s claim that a snap election will strengthen her position in EU exit negotiations.

Guy Verhofstadt said Theresa May’s decision to call a poll on 8 June – having previously said she would not go to the country before the end of the parliament in 2020 – appeared to have been driven by “political opportunism”.
The former Belgian prime minister also said there was no guarantee the election of additional Conservative MPs at Westminster would give Mrs May more room for manoeuvre in the talks, as some observers suggest.’
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