What today’s UK election means for Britain and Europe

The remaining 27 members of the EU would “cautiously welcome Theresa May having a larger majority,” John Springford, policy director of research at Centre for European Reform, tells Quartz. “It means they have someone with a strong personal mandate to negotiate with and any agreement that they put together is less likely to fall apart.”...May would give them a lasting Brexit deal and the opportunity to finally walk away from Britain. While the EU-27 would welcome a British government more receptive of the bloc, Springford points out that in the end, it’s still within the blocs interest for “the person they’re negotiating with to be relatively, politically secure.”