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Europe hails Biden Cabinet as a chance to 'restore' trans-Atlantic ties
Deutsche Welle ^ | 11.24.2020 | Dave Raish

Posted on 11/24/2020 11:25:39 AM PST by Olog-hai

US President-elect Joe Biden’s first Cabinet appointments have been seen as welcome news for many leading politicians in Europe. The fact that so many Obama administration alumni, including Biden himself, are set to return to the White House indicates a departure from the often-fraught ties between the US and European Union during the era of Donald Trump.

Portugal’s foreign minister, Augusto Santos Silva, told DW that it was important the EU rebuild what he called the “trans-Atlantic bond.” Brussels must “seize the momentum to restore the relationship between the Europeans and the Americans as a relationship of allies,” he said.

Antony Blinken, tapped to be the next secretary of state, served as Washington’s number two diplomat under Barack Obama. Jake Sullivan, named the next national security adviser, served in a similar capacity for Biden when he was vice president.

Perhaps most familiar to EU officials is John Kerry, Obama’s former secretary of state who will act as an envoy on climate change for the Biden White House.

“I think there is an opportunity right now with the election of President Biden and the appointment of the next Secretary of State, Blinken, who is a very pro-European diplomat and politician,” said Santos Silva, who was in Berlin on Tuesday to meet with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. …

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: biden; eussr; fourthreich; tds
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To: Olog-hai

The Communists EU rejoices!


21 posted on 11/24/2020 11:40:38 AM PST by Bellagio
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To: Sacajaweau

Yeah, we can’t possibly pass up a chance to bankroll a bunch of libtard global warming believing surrender monkeys who have given their countries away as a gift to murderous subhuman muzzlime savages, can we?


22 posted on 11/24/2020 11:42:59 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: Olog-hai
'restore' trans-Atlantic ties

Corrected: Shift all costs to the Americans.

23 posted on 11/24/2020 11:48:46 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Biden: Senile, pedophile, grifter, extortionist, thief.)
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To: Olog-hai

EUSSRSUX


24 posted on 11/24/2020 11:49:05 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Olog-hai

The the new environmental tzar will be so far up some euro technocrat’s pooper he’ll be happy to shovel the &h:$ out of their butt for free.


25 posted on 11/24/2020 11:50:54 AM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Olog-hai

Ties will be restored once all DELINQUENT countries have brought their accounts current.


26 posted on 11/24/2020 11:52:16 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Olog-hai

In other words, “Let the plunder an influence peddling begin!”


27 posted on 11/24/2020 11:54:16 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: brownsfan

Bingo. BuyMe is whatever you pay him to be.


28 posted on 11/24/2020 11:54:56 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Olog-hai

Translation: Another chance to take advantage of the suckers from the USA.


29 posted on 11/24/2020 11:59:48 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ghislaine Maxwell lives and Joe Biden is losing.)
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To: libh8er
Ties will be restored once all DELINQUENT countries have brought their accounts current.

Just remember under Biden the US is viewed as delinquent for reducing NATO and WHO payments... we've got to pay a lot more than we used to in order to make up for that.
30 posted on 11/24/2020 12:11:30 PM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: Sacajaweau

Yep, it’s all about opening the feeding trough again.


31 posted on 11/24/2020 1:26:46 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Olog-hai
'restore' trans-Atlantic ties = sucking the U.S. taxpayer while they take 6-week vacations and have "free" healthcare and half their population in public housing.
32 posted on 11/24/2020 7:13:26 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." --Donald Trump)
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