Mrs May used a surprise unscheduled announcement on Tuesday to declare she will seek permission from the House of Commons to hold a snap general election on June 8.
It is the latest twist a turbulent year in British politics, which was plunged into turmoil when the country unexpectedly voted to leave the European Union last year.
Three weekend opinion polls put the Conservatives about 20 points ahead of Labour, and if translated into votes, this could give May an "election landslide" with a majority of more than 100, according to an analysis by The Times.
"If we're negotiating at a point that is quite close to a general election, I think the Europeans might have seen that as a time of weakness when they could push us", she said.
She said: "Many business communities will understandably be concerned that attention will inevitably shift from the economy and the intricacies of leaving the European Union to a potential election campaign".
But Mr Corbyn told MPs Mrs May could not be trusted, after u-turning on her promise not to call an early election and accused her of running scared of TV debates during the campaign.
She said that waiting until 2020 would mean the "most sensitive" part of the two-year Brexit negotiations would come during the run-up to an election.
Tim Farron has refused to rule out a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives if neither party gets an overall majority after the 8 June election.
Mr Williamson was one of a select group of MPs to take part in a series of discussions with the Prime Minister over the possibility of an early General Election.
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Both Labour and Liberal Democrats have officially welcomed the early poll.
Elections are now set for 2020, just a year after the scheduled completion of Brexit talks.
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to media as she calls a snap general election in London on Tuesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Wednesday: "We have an interest.in predictability and reliability, because we want to get this process done in the prescribed period of time and above all because we don't need upheaval in this negotiating process - either at the beginning or the end".
May's governing Conservatives now have a slight majority, with 330 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons.
The British parliament was expected to formally approve May's plan later on Wednesday.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the election call as "a huge political miscalculation by the Prime Minister" which would allow the SNP to reinforce its democratic mandate to stage a second referendum on independence.
"The Prime Minister says we have a stronger economy, yet she can't explain why people's wages are lower today than they were 10 years ago or why more households are in debt, six million people earning less than the minimum wage, child poverty is up, pensioner poverty is up".
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