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Europe receives Trump’s victory ready to collaborate and work for peace
The main European leaders received this Wednesday the victory of Republican Donald Trump in the elections in the United States with a willingness to collaborate to improve the transatlantic relationship and work together for peace.
The former president has attributed the victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris by obtaining good partial results and winning the popular vote, according to the preliminary scrutiny, although the final data have yet to be confirmed.
The first to congratulate Trump from Europe was the Prime Minister of Hungary, the ultra-nationalist Viktor Orbán, who said on his Facebook account that he had “big plans” with the likely new tenant of the White House.
Considered a leading leader of the world extreme right, Orbán is a close ally of Trump and already during the US election campaign he had made clear his preference for the Republican, about whom he has assured several times that if he returns to the White House he will bring peace to Ukraine in a few days.
Netanyahu highlights the great alliance between Israel and the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also chosen social networks, who has congratulated Trump for “the greatest comeback in history.”
“Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning to the United States and a return to commitment to the great alliance between Israel and the United States. It’s a great victory!”, the president wrote on the social network X.
Zelenski congratulates Trump on his “impressive victory”
Hoping to work for a “just peace” in Ukraine, its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, congratulated Trump on his “impressive victory” electoral.
“I appreciate Trump’s commitment to the principle of ‘peace through strength’ in international affairs. It is exactly the principle that can, in a practical way, bring us closer to a just peace in Ukraine,” Zelenski said on his social network account X.
The Ukrainian leader recalled “the great conversation” he had with Trump in New York in September, when the two spoke for the first time in person since the beginning of the Russian invasion about bilateral relations, the so-called Zelenski Victory Plan and the possible ways to end the war.
NATO “counts” on Trump’s leadership
From Brussels, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte held out to collaborate with Trump to promote peace.
“Through NATO, the United States has 31 friends and allies who help promote US interests, multiply American power and keep Americans safe,” Rutte said.
The European Commission “warmly” congratulates the former president
Also from the community capital, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, “warmly” congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday, and invited him to work together on a transatlantic agenda that benefits the EU and the US. USA.
“I warmly congratulate Donald J. Trump The EU and the US. The US are more than just allies. We are united by a true partnership between our peoples, which unites 800 million citizens. So let’s work together on a solid transatlantic agenda that continues to provide results for them,” Von der Leyen wrote in a message on the social network X.
Macron and Scholz, “prepared” to work with Trump
For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a brief reaction in X that “he is ready” to work with Trump as they knew how to do during the previous term of the Republican, each with their convictions, “with respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.”
“From growth and security to innovation and technology, I know that the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States will continue to prosper on both sides of the Atlantic for the coming years,” British Prime Minister, Labor Keir Starmer, also commented on X, congratulating Trump on “a historic electoral victory.”
The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, also trusted when congratulating Trump that Germany and the United States will continue their “sussfue” working relationship to promote prosperity and freedom on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pedro Sánchez highlights the “strategic” relationship with the United States.
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, described relations with the United States as “strategic” when congratulating Trump in X, although the first Spanish political leader to congratulate the former president was the president of the far-right party Vox, Santiago Abascal.
The “strategic” link was also underlined by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, who assured that “Italy and the United States are ‘sister’ nations, united by an unwavering alliance, common values and a historical friendship.”
Among the conservative governments of Europe, the Dutch Dick Schoof, prime minister of a coalition government in the Netherlands that includes the radical right, and the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro, who advocated maintaining “close collaboration,” sent congratulatory messages to Trump.
Also the head of the Austrian government, Karl Nehammer, who hoped to expand transatlantic relations “to successfully face global challenges,” and the President of Serbia, the nationalist Aleksandar Vučić, who spoke of cooperating with the United States “for stability, prosperity and peace.”
The first contact between European leaders to assess the results of the US elections will be this Thursday in Budapest (Hungary), where they will meet within the framework of the fifth summit of the European Political Community.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
International
Vatican releases special “Sede Vacante” stamps ahead of papal transition
he Vatican’s post offices and select collector shops began selling special edition stamps this week to mark the period between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor.
Known as “Sede Vacante” stamps, they feature an image used on official Vatican documents during the interregnum between popes — two crossed keys without the papal tiara. These stamps went on sale Monday and will remain valid for postal use only until the new pontiff appears at the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.
Until then, they can be used to send letters, postcards, and parcels. “Once the new pope is elected, the stamps lose their postal validity, but their collectible value rises,” said Francesco Santarossa, who runs a collectors’ shop across from St. Peter’s Square.
The Vatican has issued the stamps in four denominations: €1.25, €1.30, €2.45, and €3.20. Each is inscribed with “Città del Vaticano” and “Sede Vacante MMXXV” — Latin for “Vacant See 2025.”
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Conclave to choose pope Francis’ successor could begin in early may
The conclave, which in the coming weeks must choose the successor to Pope Francis, will strictly follow a precise protocol refined over centuries.
The 135 cardinal electors, all under the age of 80, will cast their votes four times a day — except on the first day — until one candidate secures a two-thirds majority. The result will be announced to the world through the burning of the ballots with a chemical that produces the eagerly awaited white smoke, accompanied by the traditional cry of “Habemus Papam.”
The start date for the conclave could be announced today, as the cardinals are set to hold their fifth meeting since the pope’s passing. Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich suggested it could begin on May 5 or 6, following the traditional nine days of mourning. According to German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the conclave could last only “a few days.”
Although the late Argentine pontiff appointed the majority of the cardinal electors, this does not necessarily ensure the selection of a like-minded successor. Francis’ leadership style differed significantly from that of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, a German theologian who was less fond of large public gatherings. It also marked a contrast with the popular Polish pope, John Paul II.
The Argentine Jesuit’s reformist papacy drew strong criticism from more conservative sectors of the Church, who are hoping for a doctrinally focused shift. His tenure was marked by efforts to combat clerical sexual abuse, elevate the role of women and laypeople, and advocate for the poor and migrants, among other causes.
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