German lawmaker Katarina Barley of the European Social Democrats welcomed the Labour Party’s election victory in the UK, stating that it gives hope to the EU. Barley was one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament in the last legislative period and her party’s top candidate in the European elections in June. “I am pleased that, after years of tension, a Labour prime minister in London will now have the opportunity to strike a more friendly and constructive tone,” Barley told dpa. Barley, who has a British father, added that after 14 years of conservative government, including Brexit,…