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Biden is embarking on a campaign to strengthen the alliance with Europe, but the continent is still scarred by Trump
The first visit of the US President will be to Britain, which will host the G7 summit, and from there will continue to the NATO summit and the summit with Putin in Geneva.
He will try to dispel the fear on the continent after his predecessor's tumultuous tenure, but Europe is wondering if America can really return.
"What will happen next in American politics?"
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Guy Elster
Wednesday, 09 June 2021, 15:53
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The importance of the US President's first voyage overseas signals the direction in which he is seeking to direct his foreign policy. Joe Biden, who will take off today (Wednesday) for an eight-day visit to Europe, hopes to strengthen the alliance with the continent that has loosened during Donald Trump's four years as a counterweight to the rise of Russia and China, but it is not certain the wheel can be turned back.
Biden declared his desire to rebuild the transatlantic relationship, and Europe welcome the remarks after his predecessor flirting with pleasure with the dissolution of NATO and the European Union, to the great pleasure of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin - whom he will meet next week.
"Is the United States and the democratic institutions that shaped many parts So many of the last century will face the threats and enemies of today? "Biden wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post." I believe so. And this week in Europe, we will have a chance to prove it. "
Trying to reassure allies in Europe.
Biden with his wife Jill at Dover Air Force Base (Photo: AP)
Yet despite the change of government in Washington and the pro-European spirit blowing again in the White House, Europe is aware that the Trumpist discourse has gone nowhere and parts of its economic agenda have remained the same, only in a change of cloak.
Instead of Trump's "America first," Biden promises "middle-class foreign policy."
In Europe one wonders what exactly this means, and whether the United States can be trusted again.
For seven decades, America has been Europe's security backing, but Trump's rise has undermined that premise.
The internal discourse in the United States is changing, both in the Democratic Party and in the Republican Party, and the ideology of the former president has many buyers.
The continued ability of the United States to strengthen the democratic forces in the world is also questionable.
Trump supporters' onslaught on the January 6 capitol, efforts to thwart Biden's victory and laws promoted by Republicans to restrict the right to vote cut off the industry the administration sits on when it comes to preaching to authoritarian regimes around the globe.
"There is anxiety about American politics," Jan Lesser, vice president of the German Marshall Foundation in the United States, told the New York Times.
"What is going to be read in the midterm elections? Will Trumpism survive longer than Trump? What else will happen in American politics?"
The Republican Party, which has largely remained loyal to Trump, hopes to regain control of the House of Representatives in next November's election, thus further narrowing Biden's room for maneuver.
A breakthrough is not expected in Washington and Moscow.
The villa in Geneva that will host the Biden and Putin summit (Photo: Reuters)
Biden's first stop will be in the coastal town of St Ives, where the summit of the seven industrialized nations (G7) will take place. It is expected to discuss with Western leaders diplomacy, trade, climate and initiative to invest heavily in infrastructure around the world, as a counterweight to China's growing influence.
The Democratic president's desire to consolidate global support for global taxation on multinational corporations, an idea agreed upon at the organization's foreign ministers' meeting this weekend, met with domestic opposition from Republicans working hard to thwart any of his plans.
Biden will also hold a face-to-face meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an attempt to renew the "special relationship" between the kingdom and the United States. Despite good relations between Johnson and Trump, and many similarities between them, the British prime minister was quick to shake off the previous president after Biden was declared the winner in November. Biden, unlike Trump, is not hostile to the EU, and difficult talks are expected between him and Johnson in relation to Northern Ireland.
After the G7 summit, which will last three days, Biden and First Lady Jill will visit Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle.
The last time they met was in 1982, when Biden was a senator.
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The next destination in Biden's European campaign will be Brussels, where NATO and EU leaders will gather. The highlight will be Russian aggression, especially towards Ukraine, in preparation for the summit between Biden and Putin in Geneva next week. Biden's National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan The president hopes that his meetings with European leaders will strengthen the sense of unity among the Allies ahead of the meeting with the Russian president. The
two powers do not anticipate a breakthrough in relations that have been at their deepest since the end of the Cold War, but the summit between them Even if temporarily.
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