"America is back": Joe Biden in Europe for his first trip abroad
US President Joe Biden is making his first trip outside the United States: he begins his European tour through the United Kingdom, where he arrived on the evening of Wednesday, June 9.
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The US president left Washington for his first trip abroad.
The first stop of his trip will be for the United Kingdom where he arrived on Wednesday evening to meet Boris Johnson and participate in the G7 summit.
He will also go to Brussels and Geneva where he will meet Vladimir Poutine.
The American president intends to take advantage of this European tour to reassure his European partners of the United States' commitment to their side.
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“
America is back
”,
America is back
, Joe Biden repeats over and over again… “
At each stage of this tour we will make it clear: the United States is back and the democracies of the world are united to face the greatest challenges and the most critical issues for our future,
”said Joe Biden.
America leads not by the example of its power but by the power of its example is another of the American president's favorite phrases, and Joe Biden repeated it as soon as he arrived on European soil on Wednesday evening.
He wants to put the United States back at the center of the international scene and asks his partners to unite behind him to fight the coronavirus pandemic and global warming.
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At every step of this tour we will make it clear: the United States is back and the democracies of the world are united to face the greatest challenges and the most crucial problems for our future
."
500 million doses of vaccines
The president wants to turn the Trump page, and renew a solid alliance with his partners. Just before taking off for Europe he reaffirmed his intention to make it clear to Vladimir Putin and to China that the United States and Europe were united. Joe Biden added that he will announce a global strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to announce this Thursday that Americans have bought 500 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine and that they will be distributed to around 100 countries around the world. A kind of arrival gift, to signify the validity of his speech ...
But the American president will have to do more than speeches to convince his partners: the shadow of his predecessor still hangs over the influence of Donald Trump on the Republican Party that no one can predict whether the return of the United States to the international scene is sustainable.
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The increased collaboration envisaged between Europe and the United States on the fight against global warming could, for example, be called into question by the result of future elections in the United States.
Joe Biden also announces his desire to unite the allies, but his ability to unite has shown its limits here.
Despite the president's concerted efforts, the country remains deeply divided.
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