The American president Joe Biden arrived in Rome today ahead of its summit G20 and is going to meet him Pope Francis, the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi but also the French president Emanuel Macron.
Biden arrived in Italy at 2:25 a.m. today, shortly after unveiling a multibillion-dollar “historic” plan in Washington that includes investments in the social and environmental sectors. However, it is not certain that this will be voted in favor by the American parliamentarians due to the disagreements within the Democratic Party.
Today, at 12:00 local time (13:00 Greek time), Biden will visit the Vatican, where he will meet with Pope Francis for the fourth time in his life, but first as president of the United States. He is the second Catholic to be elected to the US presidency. The White House expects the meeting, which will be attended by First Lady Jill Biden, to be “warm,” said Jen Psaki’s spokeswoman.
The pope and the US president will formally discuss issues of common concern today: poverty, climate change and the pandemic. But the question remains whether the two men, whose meeting will take place away from the eyes of journalists, will address the thorny issue of abortions.
Biden strongly defends this right, while the pope considers abortion a “murder”. However, the pope distanced himself from American bishops who wanted to ban the American president from communing because of his views on abortion.
Then, at 15:15 local time, Biden will hold talks with the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The former head of the European Central Bank, who is hosting the G20 summit tomorrow and Sunday, is attracting US interest, as are his plans for reform.
Some commentators point out that Draghi, who has graduated from MIT and the American bank Goldman Sachs, well-known names for American politicians, may be the new star of the European political scene.
During the G20 summit, as well as at the UN climate summit, COP26, which begins on Sunday in Glasgow, Joe Biden must prove that the US has distanced itself from the verbal exaggerations of former President Donald Trump, but also from its propensity for US isolation and against multilateralism.
Biden is expected to highlight the reform plan he is promoting, “the largest investment ever made to address climate change»: 550 billion dollars to reduce greenhouse gases.
“America has returned to the forefront of the climate, in a way that the international community will welcome,” said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on the plane carrying Biden to Rome.
But his international partners saw his plans as an obstacle to the parliamentary process, forcing the US president to soften them. They also note that his popularity is declining, while Trump, on the other hand, remains very popular among Republican voters.
The American president, who often reminds himself that he has traveled the world repeatedly as a senator and then as vice president of the United States, wants to rekindle the flame with his partners.
It will start today with the French president Macron, who will meet at 16:15 local time at the French Embassy in Rome.
“It will be a constructive meeting with a lot of substance,” Sullivan assured. “There are many issues in which we share common values ​​with France, common interests and common visions,” he added.
The two presidents also want to seal their reconciliation after the great diplomatic crisis caused by Australia preferring to buy American submarines, despite the contract it had with France.
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