“Show that democracies can still deliver.” With those words, President Joe Biden called on other world leaders to show that democracy as a form of government matters and is not an outdated phenomenon.
Biden addressed the Munich Security Conference, which has held a high-level debate on global security issues every year since 1963.
Prior to the online meeting, Biden spoke from Washington with the leaders of the G7 countries. According to the US president, we are in the middle of a fundamental debate about the direction the world is moving.
“That is a debate between those who believe that – given the problems we face such as the fourth industrial revolution and a global pandemic – autocracy is the best way forward and those who understand that democracy is essential to overcome those problems. unload. “
Open to Iran deal
Biden underlined in his speech that he is breaking with the policies of his predecessor Donald Trump. For example, he said he was open to re-joining the nuclear treaty with Iran on curbing that country’s nuclear energy program. Trump withdrew the US from that accord in 2018.
Biden also made it clear that he wants to smooth out the wrinkles in the relationship with the European allies. Former President Trump did not fail to lecture the European NATO countries on the fact that they contributed much less to the alliance than agreed. “The United States is determined to regain its trust and leadership,” assured Biden.
“America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back.” Trump’s threat to withdraw 12,000 US servicemen from Germany turned Biden back, much to the delight of German Chancellor Merkel. He said in a response that Germany is determined to keep to the agreement to spend 2 percent of its gross domestic product on defense.
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