After the election victory of the Democrat Joe Biden, heads of state react worldwide - most send congratulations, others continue to support Donald Trump.
Worldwide heads of state and government congratulate Joe Biden on his election victory, including Chancellor
Merkel
.
Heads of government close to Donald Trump such as
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
,
Viktor Orban
and
Jair Bolsonaro
are silent.
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Frankfurt - Joe Biden is the elected President of the
USA
.
All over the world people celebrate, take a deep breath - but also complain.
While most of the media comment positively and happily on Joe Biden's victory, right-wing politicians and commentators continue to support
Donald Trump
*.
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Chancellor Merkel congratulates Joe Biden like most heads of state and government worldwide on his election victory.
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Chancellor Merkel, Federal President Steinmeier and EU Commission President von der Leyen congratulate Joe Biden
Congratulatory
addresses are being
sent
to the
USA
from all over Europe
, Chancellor
Angela Merkel is
looking forward to working with Joe Biden in the future, government spokesman Steffen Seibert tweeted: “Congratulations!
American citizens have decided.
Joe Biden
becomes the 46th President of the United States of America.
I wish him luck and success from the bottom of my heart and also congratulate Kamala Harris *, the elected first female vice president of her country. "
Chancellor #Merkel congratulates @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris.
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- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) November 7, 2020
Federal President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
joins
Angela Merkel's
joy
and declared in a congratulatory address to
Joe Biden
that his presidency unites the hopes of countless people, far beyond the borders of the
USA
, including in Germany.
It is the hope for a new common ground, for reliability, reason and the persistent work on solutions in a restless world, writes Steinmeier.
For the
EU
, Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
tweeted
: “I warmly congratulate Joe Biden and look forward to meeting him as soon as possible.
The EU and the United States are friends and allies, and our citizens share the deepest connections.
In a world that is constantly changing with its new challenges and opportunities, our renewed partnership is particularly important. "
European heads of state and government congratulate Joe Biden - Viktor Orban refuses congratulations and believes in Donald Trump
Other heads of state across Europe congratulate.
Boris Johnson
, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain
and a political friend of
Donald Trump
, immediately congratulated him following the announcement of
Joe Biden's
victory
in the US media.
“Congratulations to Joe Biden on his election as President of the United States and
Kamala Harris
on her historic achievement.
The
US
is our most important ally and I look forward to working closely with you on our shared priorities from climate change to trade to security. "
I know some of my conservative friends will criticize Boris for this, but there is really no warmth in that statement.
It is a standard diplomatic identikit statement which is required in the event of a new president being elected in the US (and who Boris will have to work with)
- Feeling Brexitty!
# VoteConservative2024 🇬🇧 (@GrumpyOldLab) November 7, 2020
French President
Emmanuel Macron
, Spain
’s Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez
, Italy’s Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte
and Austria’s Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
tweeted congratulations to President-elect
Joe Biden
.
As the only European head of government,
Viktor Orban
does not
plan
to congratulate Biden on his election victory.
The ultra-conservative head of government of Hungary, an avowed fan of
Donald Trump
, had previously stated that Trump would be re-elected and that he had no plans for Biden to win the election.
Hungary's Viktor Orban - a die-hard Trump supporter - is the only leader in Central Europe not congratulating to Joe Biden, @ 444hu writes.
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Previously, PM Orban said that "Trump will win another term (...) and has made no plans for any other outcome."
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- Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) November 7, 2020
Heads of state around the world are also sending their congratulations to Joe Biden - Brazil's President Bolsonaro is silent
But not only
Viktor
Orban is silent.
The right-wing populist President of
Brazil
,
Jair Bolsonaro
, has not yet congratulated
Joe Biden
.
The Brazilian head of state has lost
a political soulmate
in
Donald Trump
and must now fear that Joe Biden will put human rights and climate protection at the top of the agenda for further negotiations with the largest state in South America, the agency "Reuters" suspects.
The Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
has not yet received any congratulations to Joe Biden.
While Donald Trump had stopped investigations against state banks in Turkey *, Joe Biden had refused to intervene in legal investigations in favor of Erdogan during his time as Vice President.
In contrast, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pleased with Biden's election victory and emphasizes in his official statement the “extraordinary partnership” of the neighboring countries.
(Mirko Schmid) * fr.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network
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