Theresa May’s election ‘power grab’ slammed by EU's Guy Verhofstadt
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#2KZ5D)
European parliament's Brexit coordinator says result of snap election on 8 June will be an irrelevance in Brussels
Theresa May's claim that she will be strengthened in the Brexit talks by a general election victory has been dismissed as nonsense by the European parliament's Brexit coordinator, who has condemned the prime minister as a political opportunist.
In an outspoken attack, Guy Verhofstadt suggests the prime minister was motivated by party political considerations rather than the national interest in calling a poll for 8 June.
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