'Move forward': European leaders react to UK PM Liz Truss’s resignation
Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister after a mere 45 days in office, making her the shortest-serving leader in British history.
The Conservative politician had been elected on 6 September in a leadership race following the resignation of her predecessor, Boris Johnson.
Truss’s short-lived government was marked by cabinet reshuffles and highly unpopular economic proposals, which upset markets and caused the British pound to plummet.
Following her resignation, here are some reactions from leaders across Europe.
Over in Brussels, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, stated that she was looking forward to maintaining a working relationship with the former EU member state.
"In my case, for the European Parliament to continue to work with the EU-UK Joint parliamentary assembly,” she stated.
“We will continue to insist on the language of the protocol as it was agreed. And we will continue to work with the UK as our partner, both from a trade perspective, from an intelligence sharing perspective and from a security perspective.”
“So my hope,” she added, “would be that the situation, the instability is resolved with the next prime minister.”
While Truss supported Remain during the UK’s EU membership referendum in 2016, she eventually emerged as a staunch Brexiteer.
Her election caused significant concern in Brussels, with many diplomats and politicians fearing that she would take a hard-line stance and defy the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, offered a biting assessment of the outgoing British PM.
“Britain has never known such a .... prime minister,” she said. “The helmet onboard the tank, the catastrophic illiteracy, and the Queen's funeral right
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