Britain’s Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, the only real contender to replace David Cameron as UK prime minister after the election on 7 May, is picking up unlikely allies.
Though Germany’s Christian Democrats, led by German chancellor Angela Merkel, officially support the Conservatives, leading party members with knowledge of Merkel’s personal views say that a Miliband victory would be a relief.
“David Cameron has extracted so many concessions for Britain from other EU leaders,” says one senior Christian Democrat who declined to be named, “that it will be very difficult for the leaders to keep those promises. Angela Merkel has spent …read more
Source: Newsweek
