London, England - While in London on Tuesday, Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto called for expanded "cooperation and trade" between his country and Britain based on their shared vision of "free trade."

Following a very busy agenda, Pena Nieto made use of the third stopover on his first European tour since the July 1st elections to share his "vision" with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, and businessmen from the City of London, the nation's financial center.

After previous visits to Berlin and Madrid, the politico continued making his first contacts with European leaders to create a "climate of understanding that will favor cooperation between Mexico and nations of the European Union."

Pena Nieto said Tuesday that the priorities of his government include "achieving economic growth, fighting poverty more efficiently, better coverage and quality of education, and improving security."

About that final point, while acknowledging that it is "one of the most painful subjects and biggest priorities for Mexicans," he said, "the image projected abroad these days is worse than what life in Mexico is really like."

Upon his arrival at the Prime Minister's residence on Downing Street, the President-elect was met by a dozen activists - mostly young Mexicans - who decried with banners and shouts the supposed "electoral fraud" in their country and expressed their opposition to the head of the Institutional Revolutionary Party being the next president.

During the 40 minute meeting with the Tory leader, which Pena Nieto described as "positive and very favorable," both politicians committed themselves to doubling bilateral trade by 2015 to the amount of $6.8 billion, according to the official British spokesperson.

The next activity on Pena Nieto's agenda was a lunch with potential investors, British business owners and executives, to whom Pena Nieto revealed his plans for a new tax reform in Mexico with which he hopes to attract more investment and promote growth.

"The measure," he said, "would establish a simplified tax system and make the government give more of an accounting of itself and be more transparent - besides generating greater incentives for investment in Mexico."

Before the conclusion of his busy day, Pena Nieto made a brief statement to reporters at the residence of the Mexican ambassador in London. The reporters, who were not allowed to ask questions, listened to a brief statement recalling the fact that Britain is one of the countries of the European Union with the greatest amount of investment in Mexico. "In fact, this is the country after Spain that has invested most in Mexico," he said.

Mexico's President-elect ends his European tour Wednesday in Paris, where he will lunch with French President Francois Hollande.