French PM says voters for far right may end up like Britons ‘who cry over Brexit’

Gabriel Attal cautions against backing Marine Le Pen's National Rally, which leads solidly in polls for European elections

The French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, has said voters choosing the far right in the European elections next week risk becoming like British people who regret backing Brexit.

Don't be like the British who cried after Brexit," he told RTL radio on Thursday. A large majority of British people regret Brexit and sometimes regret not turning out to vote, or voting for something that was negative for their country.