Europe satisfied with Joe Biden's arrival at the White House
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, during a plenary session on the investiture of the new President of the United States in the European Parliament in Brussels, January 20, 2021. REUTERS - POOL
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Joe Biden's nomination arouses only positive comments in Europe.
There is both the satisfaction of seeing a predictable and “normal” president arrive at the White House and the satisfaction of seeing his predecessor leave, whom the Europeans despise.
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With our correspondent in Brussels,
Pierre Benazet
European leaders are not shying away from their pleasure to finally see Donald Trump leave.
The most outspoken is certainly German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
He goes so far as to express his relief, a
sentiment he feels shared
by many in Germany - and indeed by most European leaders.
Now that the page is finally turned, all are on the same wavelength as the President of the Italian Council Giuseppe Conte, who says he is impatient to start working with Joe Biden.
It is a new dawn which dawns on the transatlantic relationship, for the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen who is delighted that the European Union has again a friend in the White House: “
The United States are back and the EU is ready.
"
It must be said that the files to be opened are numerous, underlines the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
It proposes a new pact to the United States and it summarizes the priorities put forward by all here: the climate, the pandemic, economic reconstruction and transatlantic trade, peace and security and above all the re-establishment of cooperation and multilateral world order.
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See also: The EU congratulates Joe Biden and wants to rebuild a “robust partnership” with the United States
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