European Union sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

European Union sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a meeting. File photo



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The European Union hailed Joe Biden's inauguration later on Wednesday as a "new dawn" for Europe and the United States, but they warned that the world has changed after four years of Donald Trump and that trans-Atlantic ties will be different in the future.



The EU and the United States are the world's top trading powers, along with China, and have close cultural, historical, business and defence ties, but Donald Trump sought to sideline the EU, championing Britain's departure from the bloc.



"This new dawn in America is the moment we've been awaiting for so long,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, hailing Biden's arrival as "resounding proof that, once again after four long years, Europe has a friend in the White House.”

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