Britain's new Prime Minister Keir
Starmer is a modern-day Tony Blair, Deputy Premier and Foreign
Minister Antonio Tajani said after Labour won Thursday's general
election in the UK with a landslide.
"The United Kingdom is a great ally of Italy's and part of the
G7," Tajani, the leader of the centre-right Forza Italia party,
told Mediaset television on Friday.
"We want to continue to work well with Britain, it is one of our
partners, it is a country that has very good relations with the
United States and I believe that the winner of this election is
a sort of Tony Blair of 2024/25.
"A moderate has won, because when (Jeremy) Corbyn, who was on
the extreme left wing of Labour, was leader, Labour were swept
away by the Conservatives.
"The citizens want seriousness, stability, they don't want
scandals, they don't want internal quarrels within parties.
"This is true everywhere.
"The figure who is most reassuring wins, the one who is calmest
wins - those who are determined but don't scare their electorate
win.
"I believe that this was the recipe of the Labour Party, who won
this election as expected".
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