As the aftermath of last night’s UK general election continues to grip the British media, pundits across Europe have also been keeping a keen eye on Westminster over the last 24 hours.
In an unexpected turn of events, David Cameron’s Conservative party won the necessary 326 seats required to form a majority government, despite the fact the main pollsters predicted that the most likely result would be a hung parliament. Both Labour lead Ed Miliband and Liberal Democrats leader, and former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg have since resigned.
Germany’s highly influential liberal weekly Der Spiegel ran the headline “Cameron wins: Bad …read more
Source: Newsweek
