The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, spoke on Monday 23 November with US President-elect Joe Biden.
During their meeting, which lasted just under 20 minutes, according to a European source, Mr Michel invited Biden to a special meeting with members of the European Council in Brussels in 2021 to discuss shared priorities.
He proposed to the President-elect to rebuild a strong transatlantic alliance based on common interests and shared values. “In a changing world, our partnership will be more important than ever to protect our citizens, relaunch our economies, stop global warming and create a safer world”, Mr Michel said.
He also welcomed Biden’s “strong commitment” to America’s allies and his support for European cooperation and the implementation of the U.K. withdrawal agreement.
For her part, Mrs von der Leyen recalled that the election of Mr Biden was a new beginning for the transatlantic partnership and that a strong EU and US working together could shape the global agenda based on cooperation, multilateralism, solidarity and shared values.
At the time we went to press, Joe Biden had not communicated about these interviews. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)