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While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Spain's King Felipe VI meets with the country's party leaders in a bid to break an impasse over the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last month. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has headed a caretaker government with reduced powers since a July 23 general election produced a hung parliament, in which a ruling majority cannot easily be formed. While his Socialist party finished second behind the conservative Popular Party (PP), it is better positioned as it has more potential partners. IMAGES
Former president of Brazil and current candidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva meets with leaders of the Evangelical community in Rio de Janeiro state. According to a poll released September 1 by the Instituto Datafolha, Lula's opponent incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has the support of 48 percent of evangelicals, against 32 percent for Lula. IMAGES
Chemnitz (Germany), Sep 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Clemens Bilan) The co-president of the German Green Party (Die Gruenen) and candidate for the general elections on September 26, Annalena Baerbock, went on Friday to the city of Chemnitz to meet with his followers.FOOTAGE FROM THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT IN CHEMNITZ OF THE CANDIDATE OF THE GERMAN GREEN PARTY, ANNALENA BAERBOCK.
Olaf Scholz, the centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) candidate to succeed Angela Merkel, attends a campaign rally in Berlin. IMAGES
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas plans to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. This comes after weeks of elevating misinformation about the election results. Cruz has faced immense backlash and increasing pressure to resign following his objection. Biden has even criticized the Texas senator and said he should be defeated in 2024. Since November, Cruz has sown doubts into the electoral process, says Business Insider. Cruz's communications director, Lauren Blair Bianchi, also left her job in the wake of the siege.
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