Joe Biden and his foreign policy team are more familiar with Greek issues than any other American administration in history, Endy Zemenides, executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), tells Kathimerini.
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The Greek political system has, by and large, hailed Joe Biden’s victory and hopes that the new American president will take an active role in curbing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expansionist ambitions.
What is happening in America is extremely dangerous but also very informative.
National interest, rather than personal ties, is the key factor which determines a state's foreign policy-making – even more so when we are talking about the world's leading power. That said, the personal dimension remains part of the equation.
It does not matter if Donald Trump concedes defeat or not, California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis told Kathimerini in an interview. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won the election and in January they will take over the helm of the US administration and restore the country’s status as the leading world power, she says.
Joe Biden will begin his presidency with a deeper relationship with Greek Americans, the ecumenical patriarch, Cyprus or Greece than any of his predecessors.
The Greek American community seems gratified with the progress made in the last elections, as its voice in the United States Congress has been strengthened even further.
The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios sent a congratulatory letter to the newly elected 46th US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday expressing his “pride and joy.”
Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States, even though the electoral thriller continues with Donald Trump’s legal challenges. From his very first statements, the president-elect indicated that unifying a divided America will be his priority.
The Greek government congratulates Joe Biden on his White House win, spokesman Stelios Petsas told a press briefing Monday.
Democrats Abroad Greece will celebrate Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential race with a virtual event due to coronavirus restrictions.
Donald Trump’s election in 2016 and the British referendum rejecting continued European Union membership in the same year should have acted as a wake-up call for the elites of the West.
Greek-American organization AHEPA has issued a statement congratulating President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Independently of the final result, the elections in the United States have demonstrated that President Donald Trump – as well as everything he expresses and represents – is like an action hero who refuses to die.
The first US election results contradicted most opinion polls, which predicted a far greater lead for the Democrats. The count so far lies at the lowest threshold of expectations.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America commented on Twitter after Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US President:
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