British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on voters to give her an electoral mandate as big as French president-elect Emmanuel Macron’s for Brexit negotiations.
The British premier made the plea on Monday after Macron was officially elected president by winning 66.1 percent of valid votes in the run-off against his rival, Marine Le Pen, with only 33.9 percent.
“Yesterday a new French president was elected. He was elected with a strong mandate, which he can take as strong position into the negotiations,” May said during a campaign event in Harrow, northwest London. “We need to ensure we have got an equally strong mandate and an equally strong negotiating position.”
The Tory leader noted that, “every vote for me and my team will strengthen my hand in those Brexit negotiations.”
