One of Joe Biden’s closest allies has told the BBC that his election is an opportunity “to jump-start a new chapter” in transatlantic relations following past disagreements with the Obama administration over Brexit.
Senator Chris Coons, who is also from Delaware and a possible secretary of state in the new Biden administration, said he expected there to be some “reconsideration of whatever comments may have been made about the moment of Brexit”.
When vice-president under Barack Obama, Biden opposed Brexit, which current UK PM Boris Johnson successfully campaigned for.
“President-elect Biden is someone who has long valued our partnership with the UK, the EU, with Nato and other countries which share our core values,” Coons told Andrew Marr.
“The reality is the UK government shares a number of the biggest priorities that a new Biden-Harris administration will have, namely combating climate change, working together on security and promoting democracy.
“We have more to do together than we could possibly do apart and I am sure those enduring and tectonic forces will bring us together fairly quickly.”
BBC
