Transatlantic friendship is important to Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The relationship could improve again under President Biden.
On Monday, she will comment on the US election.
On Saturday, US TV broadcaster
Joe Biden
proclaimed the next President of the United States.
Angela Merkel
then congratulated on the social networks, on Monday she wants to vote at 10:45 a.m. for the US election
express.
Experts assume that the
relationship will
at least improve in tone.
Berlin / Washington, DC - For Chancellor
Angela Merkel
(CDU), the designated
US President Joe Biden
(Democrats) will not be an absolutely new conversation and government partner: After eight years at the side of ex-President Barack Obama (Democrats), Biden is has already been a guest in Germany.
However
, it took four days
until a
result
in this year's
US election thriller * was
determined and the major US TV stations
proclaimed
the
winner
Biden as "President-elect".
During this time Merkel remained calm and did not say a word about the election.
Your spokesman,
Steffen Seibert
, emphasized again and again that they wanted to wait for the final result.
The
picture
writes that Merkel was kept informed about the latest status behind the scenes, for example at the morning meeting or with a message on her
cell phone
about important developments
.
In
Christoph Heusgen
, UN ambassador in New York, she has a close confidante in
America
whom she can contact at any time.
Video: Portrait of Joe Biden - A lot of work awaits the reconciler
On Monday at 10.45 a.m. Angela Merkel * wants to
comment on the US election
with a
statement
.
So far, incumbent President Donald Trump (Republican) has not yet publicly recognized the election result.
Instead, he would like to continue with multiple
lawsuits
against the
vote count
Action.
However, he and his campaign team have not yet presented any solid
evidence
of extensive or even systematic election fraud.
Experts therefore believe that he will not have much success with his legal approach.
It is possible that
the votes
will occasionally be
recounted
, but even these should no longer change the end result significantly, as Biden
can win
significantly more
voters
than Trump.
According to
CNN
, there are currently 279 voters for Biden to 214 voters for Trump, with no winner yet announced in four states, including
Georgia
and
Arizona
, where Joe Biden continues to lead.
Angela Merkel on the US election 2020: "I look forward to future cooperation"
Angela Merkel congratulated the
winner
on Saturday via social networks.
"I wish him luck and success from the bottom of my heart and I also congratulate
Kamala Harris *
, the elected first female vice president of her country."
Chancellor #Merkel congratulates @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris.
pic.twitter.com/4OL0mjbNyG
- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) November 7, 2020
Merkel continued: “I look forward to
working
with President Biden
in the future
.” She also emphasized the importance of
transatlantic friendship
for the current challenges.
Experts assume that in the future something will change mainly in the tone of the relationship under Biden.
However, it remains to be seen what pressure Joe Biden *
will exert
on the
EU
and
Germany
,
for example
, when it comes to trade issues with China or the Nord Stream 2 project with Russia.
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