US presidential election: what could be Joe Biden's first decisions?

Fight against the coronavirus, economic recovery, return to the Paris Agreement ... Here are the 5 works that President Joe Biden could tackle, who could, on the other hand, encounter difficulties in the (probable) absence of a majority in the Senate, the very powerful upper house of Congress.

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National plan against the virus

As soon as he came to power, Joe Biden, very critical of the management of the epidemic by the Trump administration, wanted to put in place a national strategy to "

" of Covid-19: Major law in Congress to finance a national test campaign "

", manufacture of medical products and equipment

, compulsory wearing of the mask in federal buildings and in interstate transport, and free "

”of the future vaccine.

He also intends to cancel the procedure for the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) launched by Donald Trump in July.

Trillion-dollar

economic recovery The vote for a vast aid plan for the recovery of the economy is the other priority of Joe Biden, who is counting on his ability to convince elected Republican officials to get out of the current stalemate in Congress.

He presented a plan worth several trillions of dollars.

To finance it, it will raise the taxes of the richest Americans and big companies, in particular by doubling the tax on profits made abroad.

He also pledged to invest heavily in renewable energy, social programs, education and modernization of infrastructure.

Back to the Paris Agreement?

From the first day of his presidency, he promised to bring back the United States, faced with increasingly numerous and violent climate disasters, within the Paris climate agreement from which Donald Trump had slammed the door. in 2017. A difficult project in the absence of a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Within a hundred days, it will also bring together the leaders of the most polluting nations for a climate summit.

He himself has developed an environmental program with the goal of 100% clean energy and carbon neutrality in the United States by 2050.

Justice: alternatives to imprisonment

He promises to appoint a national commission made up of members of the two parties which will have to propose reforms within 180 days of the judicial system which has become, according to him, "

".

He especially wants alternatives to incarceration.

On the other hand, "

", he stressed, the Democrats being suspected of wanting to increase the number of progressive judges at the Supreme Court, now anchored in conservatism.

Easing of immigration

He has promised to cancel "

" of his mandate Donald Trump's emblematic migration decree, which prohibits entry into the United States to nationals of several countries, mostly Muslims.

He has also promised to reduce detention measures for asylum seekers and is tackling what he considers to be the "

" of the separations of families of illegal immigrants on the US-Mexico border.

He also wants Congress to quickly pass a law that "

" for 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States and for about 700,000 young people, who arrived illegally in the territory when they were children, known as "

".