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 G7 in Cornwall, Joe Biden arrives in London. After 4 years of Trump-era sometimes turbulent relations, what is the US administration asking of Europe? And above all, who do you ask? What Europe does Biden find on his first official visit away from the United States? Die Presse Joe Biden's European Tour Joe Biden left domestic political difficulties behind for his first overseas trip as the 46th president of the United States. For eight days, forget the controversy over the infrastructure program, the battle with the Republicans in the Senate, the fight against the restrictions on voting by mail. Just in time for departure, the Democrats in the Senate managed to pass a package of investments in technology and research in open competition with China. After four years of "America First "by Trump, Joe Biden marks a return to traditional US foreign policy, as he pointed out during his inauguration and in his speech at the Munich security conference:" We are back. The transatlantic partnership is back. "This will also be the mantra of his European tour. For how long? Asked some Europeans who remember the breaking of taboos of Donald Trump, who tweeted the final document of the last G7 summit in Canada in 2019 . A first-rate affront. The previous year, the meeting with host Trump was even canceled completely in the wake of the crown crisis. Opinion Joe Biden, the European test for the president's first European tour, will specify what really differentiates him from Donald Trump. Panel:I came to restore trust but the headphones are from the NSA and are connected to Angela Merkel's smartphone "Joe Biden has not shown much commitment to Europeans so far. It has not been very concrete. Beyond the romantic moment that the meeting will represent , there is general curiosity about the administration, "says a senior EU official. After the election of Joe Biden, two topics interested German officials: the withdrawal of troops announced by Donald Trump and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Washington quickly reassured the retention of American soldiers in German bases. Doubts lingered longer about the controversial pipeline to bring Russian gas to northeastern Germany. The United States believes that the near-completed subsea pipelineit will strengthen the Russian hold on Europe. But in the end Antony Blinken said that the work must now be understood as finished. Le Soir Biden in Europe: America's Reconquest of the West The president of the United States hopes to embark his allies on a crusade against threats to democracy. Europeans look at this narrative with some caution. Biden will conclude the European tour in Geneva with a confrontation, face to face, with the leader of the Kremlin Vladimir Poutin. The two men should specify their "red lines", and, from an American point of view, consider whether a more stable relationship is ... possible. Liberation Biden in Europe: an orgy of diplomacy to throw smoke in the eyes of European allies.But this administration remains obsessed with confrontation with China The Economist The new geopolitics of big business. US and China dominate global business, should this sound the alarm bell for others, including Europe. Guardian Weekly Back forever? Joe Biden tries to restore confidence in America Joe Biden stressed the need for world democracies to be united upon arrival in the UK. The president will try to show that the United States has returned as a serious international diplomatic force after the Donald Trump years, using the visit to Europe to support the transatlantic alliance. Biden arrived with Air Force One in Mildenhall and the US military and base families said: "We will clarify that the United States is back and the democracies of the world are together to tackle the most difficult challenges and the issues that matter most to our future. "At the end of the summit, the president and first lady will meet the queen at the castle of Windsor. The Independent Biden will ask prime minister to move to Northern Ireland US president will warn Boris Johnson not to jeopardize peace in Ireland, for reasons of post-Brexit trade relations, the so-called sausage war with the Union that could spoil relations between Ulster and Ireland The Times Biden accuses Joshnson of inflaming tensions between the two Irish girls Biden's words according to the anticipations will be a rare and direct reproach to theally of the special relationship for fears that tensions could ignite in Ireland over the Northern Irish protocol post Brexit FT Biden will press on Johnson to put an end to the tough confrontation over Northern Ireland The leader of the United States, who will meet the prime minister in Cornwall before the G7 has "deep" concerns about Northern Ireland and peacekeeping in the region, said Jake Sullivan, its national security advisor. Johnson will also face pressure from European leaders at the top, as the EU has repeated its threat of trade retaliation if Britain unilaterally suspends parts of the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, which aims to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Maros Sefcovic, the Vice-President of the European Commission,he said he was confident that "European leaders will raise the issue" at the G7 which starts tomorrow. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is among those who want the EU to take a hard line with Johnson. SZ Joe Biden asks for an oath For 15 years Angela Merkel has pursued a carefully balanced foreign policy in the German national interest. This no longer works in a changed world order and the US now expects more solidarity from the Germans. Daniel Brössler writes: depending on the course and duration of the coalition negotiations, Angela Merkel will leave the Chancellery in early autumn or perhaps not before winter. In global politics, the deadline of its chancellor can be programmed more precisely. Ends this weekend.Angela Merkel will be warmly welcomed at the G-7, but will be treated with equal resolve. Since 2006, when he took part in his first meeting of the then eight industrial powers in St. Petersburg, Putin has transformed his country from a "controlled democracy" into a future complete dictatorship, has invaded Ukraine and on the path of old Soviet habits is to incorporate Belarus. China has meanwhile made good progress in its goal of replacing the United States as the largest economy in the world. The idea that China will democratize as economic interconnections increase has proved naïve. It was always clear to Merkel that China's rise could not be prevented. The aim was to do the best for Europe pragmatically. Significantly nowit is neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping who shows Merkel the end of her path in foreign policy, but Joe Biden. Unlike Donald Trump, he does not abuse Europeans, he politely asks them for a promise. Biden seeks allies against the advance of autocracies, especially China. Politician Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump didn't get along very well. But in some ways, life was easier for the French president before Joe Biden entered the White House. With Trump and his America First foreign policy, Macron could call himself the multilateralist leader of the world, trying to get everyone to work together for the global good. He also tried early on to create a macho relationship with the US leader and manage his ego at global events such as the G7 summit in Biarritz in 2019.Both roles have given Macron a central place on the world stage. But as he prepares to meet Biden for the first time at the G7 summit in Cornwall, England this weekend, the French president discovers that the lead has been taken up by his American counterpart, an avowed champion of multilateralism. This poses a greater challenge for Macron: how to work with Biden while maintaining the global leadership role he aspires to, while preserving a typically French and European position on certain issues. In April, just days before the Biden Climate Leaders Summit, Macron hosted a tripartite video call of the summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the same topic. An initiative that has raised perplexity in Washington.Macron has also sought to forge a role, through the United Nations, in the latest outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, seeking to present a Security Council resolution for a ceasefire, even though the United States had blocked one in. precedence. WPost Biden's personal diplomacy will be tested by allies - and an adversary - on his first overseas trip Most of the leaders Biden will see in Europe will likely be grateful for the return to a more US foreign policy agenda. predictable after Trump's transactional populism. The big exception is Putin, a shrewd political survivor whose tenure in positions of power approaches that of Biden. But it is the June 16 meeting with Putin in Switzerland that many diplomats consider themain event. Biden is expected to challenge the Russian leader about his country's practice of cyberattacks, its human rights violations and its invasion of Ukraine, among other topics, as he seeks greater cooperation in arms control and other areas. "It will, of course, after having had nearly a week of intense consultations with democratic allies and partners from both Europe and the Indo-Pacific," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said this week. "So it will go to this meeting with the wind in its sails." The underlying goal is to demonstrate a strong pivot from Trump's public deference to Putin, which was on display when the two met in Helsinki in 2018.Biden's aides this week struggled to say that even though Biden initiated the meeting, it was not at a reward for Putin's misbehavior, as some Republicans have suggested. "Joe Biden is not going to meet Vladimir Putin despite the differences in our countries; he is meeting with him because of the differences between our countries," Sullivan said. "We believe that listening directly to President Putin is the most effective way to understand what Russia means and plans." The contrast between the meetings with the allies and the contradiction with Putin wants to underline the gap between democracies and autocracies, a central theme for Biden next week. The trip also offers Biden, a traditional well-disposed cop,his first chance to personally test his "America is Back" slogan. From the T13 editorial team (Chile) Chile inaugurates the first solar thermal power plant in Latin America About 10,600 heliostats (mirrors), 392,000 solar panels and a 250 meter high tower. These are the colossal dimensions of Cerro Dominador, the first solar power plant in Latin America inaugurated this week in northern Chile, in the middle of the Atacama desert. The heliostats are mirrors of 140 square meters of reflecting surface and of 3 tons of weight each, which follow the path of the sun moving on two axes, reflecting and directing solar radiation towards the receiver. Molten salts circulate through this receiver at a temperature of 560 degrees,by transferring heat to a circuit that drives a steam turbine to generate electricity. The project will help prevent the emission of 630,000 tons of C02 per year as well as provide 100% renewable energy. Spread over 1,000 hectares and located in an area with one of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world, the plant consists of two components: a 100 MW photovoltaic system, in operation since 2017, and an innovative solar thermal system, with 110 MW of installed power. During the inauguration, President Sebastián Piñera said: "If we do not change the course now, we will go towards an ecological disaster, the citizens are asking us, as a moral imperative, to change that course and technology gives us the tools to do so". The authorities indicated that the plant is part of "of the commitment to strengthen the energy industry of Chile, to accelerate the decarbonization of the National Energy matrix and create a more environmentally friendly future. "With a total investment of 1,300 million dollars, the complex enjoys funding, among others , of the EU and the German Development Bank KFW, and its main builders were the Spaniards Acciona and Abengoa. Nezavisimaya Gazeta (ng.ru) Kyrgyzstan refuses to accept its illegal immigrants expelled from Russia In Russia, the moratorium due coronavirus for the deportation of migrant workers, introduced in February 2020, ends June 15. Foreign citizens must have their documents in order or leave Russian territory.it is a risk of deportation from Russia for 100,000 Kyrgyz illegals. Experts say their repatriation, plus the instability on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, will blow up the situation in the Central Asian country. Afghanistan has already reacted to the possible destabilization. Many will have to leave Russian territory after June 15th. "While the Uzbek authorities are hastily repatriating their citizens with all available means of transport, nothing is being done in Kyrgyzstan yet," Asilbek Egemberdiyev, a Kyrgyz expert and director of the kginfo.ru portal, told "NG". According to him, the number of Kyrgyz citizens in the Russian Federation before the pandemic reached a record number. The reason is socio-economic instability and total unemployment in Kyrgyzstan.Now they are forced to go home, where no one is waiting for them. However, the Kyrgyz government of Sadyr Zhaparov, which came to power, has promised to bring back all fellow countrymen, migrant workers. "The Kyrgyz government has nothing to offer its citizens for now. Furthermore, recent political events and instability in the country destroy the last hopes of finding work at home," noted Egemberdiev.

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10 June 2021 G7 in Cornwall, Joe Biden arrives in London.

After 4 years of Trump-era sometimes turbulent relations, what is the US administration asking of Europe?

And above all, who do you ask?

What Europe does Biden find on his first official visit away from the United States?

Die Presse

Joe Biden's European tour

Joe Biden left domestic political difficulties behind on his first trip overseas as the 46th president of the United States. For eight days, forget the controversy over the infrastructure program, the battle with the Republicans in the Senate, the fight against the restrictions on voting by mail. Just in time for departure, the Democrats in the Senate managed to pass a package of investments in technology and research in open competition with China. After four years of Trump's "America First", Joe Biden marks a return to traditional US foreign policy, as he pointed out during his inauguration and speech at the Munich security conference: "We are back. The transatlantic partnership is back." . This will also be the mantra of his European tour.How long? Some Europeans ask him who recall the breaking of taboos by Donald Trump, who tweeted the final document of the last G7 summit in Canada in 2019. A first-rate affront. The previous year, the meeting with host Trump was even canceled completely in the wake of the crown crisis.

Opinion

Joe Biden, the European test

For the president's first European tour, he will specify what really differentiates him from Donald Trump. Vignette: I came to restore trust but the headphones are from the NSA and are connected to Angela Merkel's smartphone

"Joe Biden has not shown much commitment to Europeans so far. It has not been very concrete. Beyond the romantic moment that meeting will represent, there is a general curiosity towards the administration, "says a senior EU official.

After the election of Joe Biden, two topics interested German officials: the withdrawal of troops announced by Donald Trump and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Washington quickly reassured the retention of American soldiers in German bases. Doubts lingered longer about the controversial pipeline to bring Russian gas to northeastern Germany. The United States believes the near-completed submarine pipeline will strengthen Russia's hold on Europe. But in the end Antony Blinken said that the work must now be understood as finished.

Le Soir

Biden in Europe: America's Reconquest of the West

The president of the United States hopes to embark his allies on a crusade against threats to democracy.

Europeans look at this narrative with some caution.

Biden will conclude the European tour in Geneva with a confrontation, face to face, with the leader of the Kremlin Vladimir Poutin.

The two men should specify their "red lines", and, from an American point of view, consider whether a more stable relationship is ... possible.

Liberation

Biden in Europe: an orgy of diplomacy to throw smoke in the eyes of European allies.

But this administration remains obsessed with confrontation with China

The Economist

The new geopolitics of big business.

US and China dominate global business, this should sound the alarm bell for others, including Europe

Guardian Weekly

Back forever?

Joe Biden tries to restore confidence in America

Joe Biden stressed the need for world democracies to be united upon arrival in the UK. The president will try to show that the United States has returned as a serious international diplomatic force after the Donald Trump years, using the visit to Europe to support the transatlantic alliance. Biden arrived with Air Force One in Mildenhall and to the US military and families at the base he said, "We will make it clear that the United States is back and the democracies of the world are together to tackle the toughest challenges and issues that matter to us. more for our future ". At the end of the summit, the president and first lady will meet the queen at Windsor Castle.

The Independent

Biden will ask prime minister to move to Northern Ireland

US president will warn Boris Johnson not to jeopardize peace in Ireland, for reasons of post-Brexit trade relations, the so-called sausage war with the European Union which it could spoil relations between Ulster and Ireland

he Times

Biden accuses Joshnson of inflaming tensions between the two Irish girls Biden

's words will be a rare and direct reproach to the ally of the special relationship for fears that tensions may arise in Ireland over the Northern Irish post-Brexit protocol

FT

Biden will press Johnson to put an end to the tough confrontation over Northern Ireland

The US leader, who will meet the prime minister in Cornwall before the G7, has "deep" concerns about Northern Ireland and peacekeeping in the region, Jake Sullivan, his national security advisor, said. Johnson will also face pressure from European leaders at the top, as the EU has repeated its threat of trade retaliation if Britain unilaterally suspends parts of the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, which aims to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Maros Sefcovic, the vice president of the European Commission, said he was sure that "European leaders will raise the issue" at the G7 which starts tomorrow. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is among those who want the EU to take a hard line with Johnson.

SZ

Joe Biden asks for an oath

For 15 years Angela Merkel has pursued a carefully balanced foreign policy in the German national interest. This no longer works in a changed world order and the US now expects more solidarity from the Germans.

Daniel Brössler writes: depending on the course and duration of the coalition negotiations, Angela Merkel will leave the Chancellery in early autumn or perhaps not before winter. In global politics, the deadline of its chancellor can be programmed more precisely. Ends this weekend. Angela Merkel will be warmly welcomed at the G-7, but will be treated with equal resolve. Since 2006, when he took part in his first meeting of the then eight industrial powers in St. Petersburg, Putin has transformed his country from a "controlled democracy" into a future complete dictatorship, has invaded Ukraine and on the path of old Soviet habits is to incorporate Belarus.China has meanwhile made good progress in its goal of replacing the United States as the largest economy in the world. The idea that China will democratize as economic interconnections increase has proved naïve. It was always clear to Merkel that China's rise could not be prevented. The aim was to do the best for Europe pragmatically. Significantly, now, it is neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping who shows Merkel the end of her path in foreign policy, but Joe Biden. Unlike Donald Trump, he does not abuse Europeans, he politely asks them for a promise. Biden seeks allies against the advance of autocracies, especially China.increased economic interconnections proved naive. It was always clear to Merkel that China's rise could not be prevented. The aim was to do the best for Europe pragmatically. Significantly, now, it is neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping who shows Merkel the end of her path in foreign policy, but Joe Biden. Unlike Donald Trump, he does not abuse Europeans, he politely asks them for a promise. Biden seeks allies against the advance of autocracies, especially China.increased economic interconnections proved naive. It was always clear to Merkel that China's rise could not be prevented. The aim was to do the best for Europe pragmatically. Significantly, now, it is neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping who shows Merkel the end of her path in foreign policy, but Joe Biden. Unlike Donald Trump, he does not abuse Europeans, he politely asks them for a promise. Biden seeks allies against the advance of autocracies, especially China.it is neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping who shows Merkel the end of her path in foreign policy, but Joe Biden. Unlike Donald Trump, he does not abuse Europeans, he politely asks them for a promise. Biden seeks allies against the advance of autocracies, especially China.it is neither Vladimir Putin nor Xi Jinping who shows Merkel the end of her path in foreign policy, but Joe Biden. Unlike Donald Trump, he does not abuse Europeans, he politely asks them for a promise. Biden seeks allies against the advance of autocracies, especially China.

Politic

Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump didn't get along very well. But in some ways, life was easier for the French president before Joe Biden entered the White House. With Trump and his America First foreign policy, Macron could call himself the multilateralist leader of the world, trying to get everyone to work together for the global good. He also tried early on to create a macho relationship with the US leader and manage his ego in global events such as the G7 summit in Biarritz in 2019. Both roles have given Macron a central place on the world stage. But as he prepares to meet Biden for the first time at the G7 summit in Cornwall, England this weekend, the French president discovers that the lead has been taken up by his American counterpart.an avowed champion of multilateralism. This poses a greater challenge for Macron: how to work with Biden while maintaining the global leadership role he aspires to, while preserving a typically French and European position on certain issues.

In April, just days before the Biden Climate Leaders Summit, Macron hosted a tripartite video call of the summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the same topic. An initiative that has raised perplexity in Washington. Macron has also sought to forge a role, through the United Nations, in the latest outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, seeking to present a Security Council resolution for a ceasefire, even though the United States had blocked one in. precedence.

WPost

Biden's personal diplomacy will be tested by allies - and an adversary - on his first overseas trip

Most of the leaders Biden will see in Europe will likely be grateful for the return to a more US foreign policy agenda. predictable after Trump's transactional populism. The big exception is Putin, a shrewd political survivor whose tenure in positions of power approaches that of Biden.

But it is the June 16 meeting with Putin in Switzerland that many diplomats consider the main event. Biden is expected to challenge the Russian leader about his country's practice of cyberattacks, its human rights violations and its invasion of Ukraine, among other topics, as he seeks greater cooperation in arms control and other areas.

"It will, of course, after having had nearly a week of intense consultations with democratic allies and partners from both Europe and the Indo-Pacific," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said this week. "So it will go to this meeting with the wind in its sails."

The underlying goal is to demonstrate a strong pivot from Trump's public deference to Putin, which was on display when the two met in Helsinki in 2018. This week Biden's aides struggled to state that even as Biden initiated the l 'meeting, it was not a reward for Putin's misconduct, as some Republicans have suggested.

"Joe Biden is not going to meet Vladimir Putin despite the differences in our countries; he is meeting with him because of the differences between our countries," Sullivan said. "We believe that listening directly to President Putin is the most effective way to understand what Russia means and plans."

The contrast between the meetings with the allies and the contradiction with Putin wants to underline the gap between democracies and autocracies, a central theme for Biden next week.

The trip also gives Biden, a traditional well-disposed cop, his first chance to test his "America is Back" slogan for himself.

From the editorial staff

T13 (Chile)

Chile inaugurates the first solar thermal power plant in Latin America

About 10,600 heliostats (mirrors), 392,000 solar panels and a 250 meter high tower. These are the colossal dimensions of Cerro Dominador, the first solar power plant in Latin America inaugurated this week in northern Chile, in the middle of the Atacama desert. The heliostats are mirrors of 140 square meters of reflecting surface and of 3 tons of weight each, which follow the path of the sun moving on two axes, reflecting and directing solar radiation towards the receiver. Molten salts circulate through this receiver at a temperature of 560 degrees, transferring the heat to a circuit that drives a steam turbine to generate electricity. The project will help prevent the emission of 630,000 tons of C02 per year as well as provide 100% renewable energy. Extended on 1.000 hectares and located in an area with one of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world, the plant consists of two components: a 100 MW photovoltaic system, in operation since 2017, and an innovative solar thermal system, with 110 MW of installed power. During the inauguration, President Sebastián Piñera said: "If we do not change the course now, we will go towards an ecological disaster, the citizens are asking us, as a moral imperative, to change that course and technology gives us the tools to do so". The authorities indicated that the plant is part of "the commitment to strengthen Chile's energy industry, to accelerate the decarbonisation of the National Energy matrix and create a more environmentally friendly future". With a total investment of 1.300 million dollars, the complex enjoys financing, among others, from the EU and the German Development Bank KFW, and its main builders were the Spaniards Acciona and Abengoa.

Nezavisimaya Gazeta (ng.ru)

Kyrgyzstan refuses to accept its illegal immigrants expelled from Russia

In Russia, the coronavirus moratorium on the expulsion of migrant workers, introduced in February 2020, ends on June 15. Foreign citizens must have their documents in order or leave Russian territory. There is a risk of deportation from Russia for 100,000 Kyrgyz illegals. Experts say their repatriation, plus the instability on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, will blow up the situation in the Central Asian country. Afghanistan has already reacted to the possible destabilization.

Many will have to leave Russian territory after June 15th. "While the Uzbek authorities are hastily repatriating their citizens with all available means of transport, nothing is being done in Kyrgyzstan yet," Asilbek Egemberdiyev, a Kyrgyz expert and director of the kginfo.ru portal, told "NG". According to him, the number of Kyrgyz citizens in the Russian Federation before the pandemic reached a record number. The reason is socio-economic instability and total unemployment in Kyrgyzstan. Now they are forced to go home, where no one is waiting for them. However, the Kyrgyz government of Sadyr Zhaparov, which came to power, has promised to bring back all fellow countrymen, migrant workers. "The Kyrgyz government has nothing to offer its citizens for now. Moreover,Recent political events and instability in the country destroy the last hopes of finding work at home, "noted Egemberdiev.

Source: rainews

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