Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday said during her concession speech that she told President-elect Donald Trump there will be a peaceful transition of power. "President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.
On Wednesday, the White House said that President Biden called Trump to congratulate him on winning the presidency. The White House added that President Biden had invited President-elect Trump to the White House to begin the transfer of power.
French President Mr. Emmanuel Macron named Honourable Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, as Prime minister ,Thursday, nearly two months after legislative elections that kept the far right from power but initially left France in an unprecedented political deadlock.
Projections in Germany’s closely watched elections Sunday showed the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leading in one state and running a close second in another, a result that, if confirmed by official tallies, would see a far-right party win a state for the first time in the country’s postwar history.