11/09/2020 7:31 AM
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Updated 11/09/2020 7:45 AM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their electoral victory in the United States and asked that they "must stand together" with the European Union in the fight against the coronavirus and global warming.
"The United States and Germany, as part of the European Union, must stand together to overcome the great challenges of our time," he said Monday in a brief statement on the elections.
In his view, the United States and the EU must stand "
shoulder to shoulder
in the difficult examination of the coronavirus pandemic, in the fight against global warming and its consequences, in the fight against terrorism, for an open and free society. Commerce".
"These are the foundations of well-being on both sides of the Atlantic," said the foreign minister, who highlighted the importance of bilateral relations and a "friendship" of decades.
Angela Merkel spoke of a "friendship" with Joe Biden, from when he was vice president of Barack Obama.
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Merkel, whose relations with outgoing Donald Trump were more than cold, wished Biden "with all my heart luck and success."
"Our transatlantic friendship is irreplaceable if we want to overcome the great challenges of our time,"
added the chancellor, referring to the "friendship" that she established with Biden in times when the new president was vice president of Barack Obama.
The official congratulated again Biden and Harris, to whom she had already addressed a message on Saturday, and highlighted the president-elect's "experience" in domestic and foreign policy and their past meetings.
Meanwhile, de Harris stressed that, as the first woman vice president of the United States and "daughter of immigrants", she is an
"inspiration and an example
.
"
"Both have a great responsibility before them," concluded Merkel, wishing them luck in their new posts.
Merkel did not cite Trump at any time
, with whom she has had a difficult relationship due to criticism and slights from the American.
Trump repeatedly questioned Germany about its high trade surplus, because its Defense budget does not reach the equivalent of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), because of its immigration policy and because of the Nord Stream 2, the gas pipeline under construction between Russia and Germany.
With information from EFE.
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