Joe Biden will officially be inaugurated as the 46th US president on Wednesday. Here's a look at what the new administration could mean for Germany and transatlantic relationships.
Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that the
decision by social media giants to permanently suspend Donald Trump's accounts
is problematic because freedom of opinion should not be determined by such
online platform bosses, her spokesman said Monday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her shock on Thursday over the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump and said the president shared blame for the unrest.
US lawmakers have announced a bill that would delay the withdrawal of US troops until after President Donald Trump has left office, thus opening a door to a reversal of a decision announced by Trump in the summer.
Germans have previously said that outgoing US President Donald Trump is their greatest source of angst. So what exactly do they think about Joe Biden's win and his plans?
Joe Biden could reverse course – at least partially – on the Trump administration's move to withdraw some 12,000 US troops from Germany, according to the US President-elect defense advisers.
Leaders around Germany on Monday followed Chancellor Angela Merkel in offering their congratulations - and projections on what the next four years could hold.
The German head of an international observer mission
to the US elections accused Donald Trump on Thursday of a "gross abuse of office" after the president alleged he was being cheated and demanded that vote counting be halted.
While politicians in Germany could not yet fully comment on the US vote, which was still being counted as of Wednesday evening, many were concerned about what they saw as an "attack" on democracy.
German Defence Minister Annegret
Kramp-Karrenbauer on Wednesday warned the United States was facing a "very explosive situation" and a possible systemic crisis after President Donald Trump prematurely declared election victory.
Back in 2016, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel greeted Donald Trump's victory with an extraordinary warning: that she would work with the US president on the condition that he respect democratic values. Things did not improve from there.
Kallstadt, a tiny wine-growing town in the west German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, was home to Donald Trump's grandfather before he emigrated to the US.
In pulling 12,000 US troops from Germany,
President Donald Trump is laying bare what has long been clear -- there is no
love lost between him and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The United States will slash its military presence in Germany by 11,900 troops, relocating some to Italy and Belgium in
a major shift of Washington's NATO assets, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Wednesday.
President Donald Trump on Monday named an
outspoken critic of US military deployments as ambassador to Germany, as he
moves to pull troops from the NATO ally.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he
expects to shift some US troops from Germany to Poland, as his Polish
counterpart acknowledged urging the American leader not to withdraw forces
from Europe.
Trump's abrupt announcement that he will reduce US troops in Germany by half to 25,000 - a decision that has brought concern across NATO - is the culmination of mounting tensions between the leaders of the Western alliance's two most populous nations. What does the future hold?
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that US troops in Europe made both sides of the Atlantic safer, after President Donald Trump confirmed plans to slash forces stationed in Germany.
US President Donald Trump said Monday he
will halve the number of US troops in Germany because Berlin is "delinquent"
in contributions to NATO and treats the United States "badly" on trade.
The German government on Wednesday confirmed
that the Trump administration has informed Berlin it is considering cutting the number of US troops in Germany, a move critics say could undermine the NATO alliance.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg defended
America's military commitment to Europe on Monday, following reports President
Donald Trump plans to slash troop numbers in Germany.
Germany on Sunday voiced concern at reports that President Donald Trump plans to cut the number of US troops stationed in Germany, amid fears it could weaken a key pillar of NATO defence in the region.
