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My friend Joe Biden has achieved a lot for his country, for Europe, for the world. Thanks to him, transatlantic cooperation is close, NATO is strong and the US is a good and reliable partner for us. His decision not to run again deserves respect."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on X Thank you for your leadership and ongoing service President Biden. The Australia-US Alliance has never been stronger with our shared commitment to democratic values, international security, economic prosperity and climate action for this and future generations."
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote on X I am keeping my fingers crossed for the USA that a good president emerges from the democratic competition of two strong and equal candidates,
said the prime minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala All my admiration and recognition for the brave and dignified decision of the president,
began Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez God blessed America with Joe Biden’s greatness and goodness."
While former House Speaker and Democratic colleague Nancy Pelosi sent "love and gratitude" to Biden, adding Poland, America and the world safer."
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk praised Biden for his "difficult decisions" which he said made We will always be thankful for President Biden’s leadership, ... We respect today's tough but strong decision."
I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision,
I’ve got to finish this job because there’s so much at stake.”
He has been a staunch Atlanticist and friend to Britain throughout his career and it was a privilege to work with him,
Thanks to its determination and leadership, the US overcame the economic crisis after the pandemic and the serious assault on the Capitol and has been exemplary in its support for Ukraine in the face of Putin's Russian aggression,
Sanchez wrote on X, according to a translation Our partnership has led to significant achievements, including AUKUS, steadfast support for Israel and joint efforts in defending our people from Houthi threats,
I’ll feel as long as I gave it my all and I did as good a job as I know I can do, that’s what it is about,
I predicted this would happen in September 2023,
U.K. Reform Party leader and European rabble-rouser Nigel Farage managed both a told-you-so and a we-got-this in a post on X ... he wrote The next step after Biden’s written statement about him dropping out of the electoral race should be an investigation into collusion between the American media and certain political circles to cover up the truth about his mental condition [to] manipulate public opinion to the benefit of one political party.”
This will not stop Trump either.”
Maximilian Krah, a leading MEP in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), tweeted Politics has never been so interesting.”
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs was among the first to react publicly, tweeting A great president, definitely.”
Aurore Lalucq, an MEP for the Socialists & Democrats group and soon-to-be leader of the Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, tweeted Joe Biden has not only been a great president and a great legislative leader but he is a truly amazing human being. His decision of course was not easy, but he once again put his country, his party, and our future first,
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said in a statement Millions of Americans cast their ballots for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the primary. Vice President Harris has proven time and time again that she can prosecute the case against Donald Trump and campaign vigorously for Democrats down the ballot,
Jayapal said in a statement