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Biden's America: How far will reforms go?

FRANCE24, 26 Mar 2021
Coming out of Joe Biden's first formal press conference as US president François Picard asks: How did he do?

Joe Biden's first formal press conference as US president. President Biden gave a first formal assignment to his number two, appointing Harris as envoy to Central America on immigration at a time when there is a spike in refugees trying to cross over from Mexico. At the same time, Republican senator Lindsey Graham introducing a bill to tighten asylum laws, accusing Biden of 'losing control' of the border.

Joe Biden to address a virtual EU summit, leading some to quip that Europe has a new president. After four years of often adversarial relations with Donald Trump, the US president sending his secretary of state to Brussels for two days of meetings with the EU and Nato. The EU which has been slow to roll out its vaccination campaign and whose own stimulus plan pales in comparison to the record one-point-nine billion dollars put on the table by Biden.

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