Following Donald Trump's false claims in the US election early Wednesday morning, European politicians have patiently warned that a court battle over the results would have devastating consequences for democracy's global reputation.
Most
government leaders remained silent, waiting for the transfer of events, while
Spanish Foreign Minister Arnica Gonzalez urged US leaders to wait until all the
votes were’ counted.
German
Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Bauer said: "This is a very
explosive situation. This is a situation that could lead to a constitutional
crisis in the United States, as experts rightly say. Which, of course, made the
video an overnight sensation.
EU
foreign policy Chief Joseph Borrell said: "The American people have
spoken. As we await the outcome of the election, the EU stands ready to build a
strong transatlantic partnership based on our shared values and
history." ۔
In
Germany, Europeans and multilaterals determined to succeed with enthusiasm,
Biden's failure was a source of deep frustration.
Politicians
predicted chaos and warned that the results revealed that voting for Trump in
2016 was no accident. Even if Biden is ultimately declared’ the winner, it is
suggested that he be a weak president, unable to command a majority in the
Senate and therefore overwhelmed by intense domestic pressure.
Norbert
Röttgen, chairman of the Bundestag's foreign affairs committee, acknowledged
that the results so far have kept Germany on the defensive. "We are not
ready for that," he said.
Peter
Altmaier, a close political ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said:
"I'm afraid there will be a very long, long conversation if there is any
immediate outcome. Regardless of who wins, it is a bad thing that the US The
election campaign was mainly about domestic issues.
German
Green leader Robert Habeck said: "If Trump wins, the world order will
change fundamentally. Europe must unite, otherwise it will no longer play its
role internationally.
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Britain, Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb called for patience: "We respect
the values of democracy, and the checks and balances in the American system,
which we are very confident in, will pay off."
Former
Conservative Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it would be
"catastrophic" if the trials and tribunals ended in hammering.
He
told the BBC: "My biggest concern is that we forget that the United States
is the world's leading democracy and if we talk about the process with a big
argument and people left and When we talk about the stolen elections in the
right center, we are only going to put smiles on the faces of people like
President Putin and President XI who will look at their own people and say,
"Aren't you happy that we have one of them?" Didn't find anything
wrong? And it will be an absolute catastrophe. We must remember that the
credibility of democracy is in danger here all over the world.
Sir
Nigel Sheinwald, Britain's former ambassador to Washington, said if Trump wins,
the question is whether the United States is underperforming globally. He
expressed concern that the United States was so deeply divided’ and deeply
entrenched that Trump would not give the world priority leadership. "I am
afraid we will find similar or even more unexpected and contradictory leaders
than in the first term," he said.
Vladimir
Putin's allies in Russia have expressed satisfaction with the results so far,
and have claimed that Trump's victory in 2016 was rejected’ because of previous
allegations of Russian interference.
Konstantin
Kosachev, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Upper House
Federation Council, said: "[Russia] benefits from an assurance that the
losers will not have to resort to [claims] of foreign intervention. Now is the
time for America to return to sincere politics, in which case we will always
support it.
Iran,
a country whose election policy has been marred by Trump's policy of increasing
economic pressure on Tehran has reacted by claiming that the United States is
in decline. , And predicts that Iran will be able to resist.
President
Hassan Rouhani said the outcome of the US election was not important to his
country's clerical rulers, but called on the next US president to respect
international treaties and laws.
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