Joe Biden, in Wilmington on January 16, 2021. -

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Joe Biden does not want to waste time to forget the mandate of Donald Trump.

The president-elect will sign a series of decrees on the first day of his presidency on Wednesday, in particular to re-engage the United States in the Paris climate agreement, his future chief of staff, Ron Klain, announced on Saturday.

Do not go through Congress

The passage of these first measures by decree will prevent the new head of state from going through Congress and in particular the Senate, which could have to devote itself to the procedure for the impeachment of Donald Trump.

The chief of staff, however, did not detail all the decrees, but indicating that they concerned Joe Biden's four priorities, namely the fight against the coronavirus, that against climate change, the revival of the economy and the fight for social and racial justice.

Another measure included in the dozen decrees announced, the lifting of the ban on entry into the United States targeting nationals of several countries, mainly with a Muslim majority.

This ban was enacted just days after Donald Trump took office in January 2017.

Regarding the coronavirus, the 46th President of the United States will issue a decree making it compulsory to wear a mask in premises and areas dependent on the federal state, as well as when traveling between states, which Donald Trump had always refused to do. make.

On the economic front, Joe Biden also plans to extend the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures, linked to the pandemic.

"Allow the country to move forward"

The new president will follow up on a series of other decrees, all signed by February 1, or during the first ten days of his presidency, announced Ron Klain.

"President-elect Biden will act, not only to repair the most serious damage of the Trump administration, but also to allow the country to move forward," said the future chief of staff.

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