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His future chief of staff announced that Biden would issue around a dozen executive orders right from the start
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The future US President Joe Biden wants to implement important political projects by decree on the day he takes office next Wednesday.
Biden will issue around a dozen of these executive orders right from the start, announced his future chief of staff Ron Klain on Saturday.
With this, Biden would also reverse a number of decisions made by his predecessor Donald Trump.
These included:
the re-entry into the Paris Climate Agreement
the lifting of an entry ban for several Muslim states
After being sworn in, as part of the efforts to combat the coronavirus, Biden will also order an obligation to wear a mask, initially for 100 days, for the places where the federal government has the say - for example in government buildings
The deadline for repaying student loans should also be extended
Most of the measures do not require the approval of Congress.
For January 21, Klain promised a series of directives that should help fight the corona pandemic.
On January 22nd, Biden will also instruct the government authorities to take immediate action to provide economic support to those particularly hard hit by the crisis.
More measures are to follow by February 1 to change the US's course in the pandemic, fight climate change, promote equality between ethnic groups and rebuild the economy, Klain said.
Eliminate »serious damage«
The overview of the first ten days of Biden's tenure should also show that with the future US president, more predictability will move into the White House.
The Republican Trump had often surprisingly announced momentous decisions on Twitter.
Biden was not only trying to remove the "most serious damage" caused by the Trump administration, said Klain.
As the new president, he also wants to bring the country forward.
The Democrat Biden will be sworn in as the 46th US President in front of the Capitol on Wednesday.
For fear of renewed violence after the storming of the Congress headquarters by militant Trump supporters on January 6, the ceremony takes place under significantly expanded security measures.
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