World leaders congratulate Andy Burnham as he becomes Britain’s PM
Beyond the diplomatic platitudes global media focuses on the ‘immense’ scale of the challenge he faces in the job
World leaders have warmly congratulated Andy Burnham on his entry into 10 Downing Street as Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, but international media largely focused on the scale of the challenges awaiting him.
Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, said he hoped for a deeper relationship “in the service of our peoples, and by giving new momentum to the partnership between the UK and the EU” rekindled by Burnham’s predecessor, Keir Starmer.
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