And so american citizens living in germany and for them of course there was a sense of relief and also the whole controversy about demanding ballasts have a very very happy so happy some of them even went to the american in front of the American Embassy again to celebrate others was set up writing online and of course the reaction of im going to america where you just talked about its also cheerful tweeting to h. E. Congratulates Vice PresidentVice President common our. President elect joe biden 4 days success in diesel action she highlighted. Translated to the need for the transatlantic ties to to remain it was a very difficult 4 years for i get america for the German Government president s you know donald trump theres been a lot of disputes between the 2 countries so of course germany is looking forward to a new start do you see this also the words used by foreign minister hi called so said he was congratulating the president elect and the Vice President and also looking forward to a new start and to a new deal with the United States of america and then you our reporters have been out at talking to germans about what they think lets see if we can have a listen to some of their reaction. On oct i think what you want to but he has divided the United States lets see what biden will bring in the end it can only get better for america on the face of. It i am sad yet i hope that ill change but im no on biden side. He definitely is the better choice in the end trump and his methods are impossible maybe the world will be a more Peaceful Place now. Thats better than trying for sure. Im on its always a matter of opinion but after the way trump has acted in public i think for the us its better that biden has won. Well its no secret that the relation between a president and german chancellor Angela Merkel was known to be very difficult do you think that is going to change with joe biden in the white house. I think that turner will definitely improve in a few days ago high commands had saved up no matter and to result of the turn used by washington towards berlin would have to drastically change for you know order for the relation to be good to be good again indeed there was a difficult of 4 years but joe biden made no secret that he would try to come back on some decisions made by President Trump recently had decided to restrict the u. S. Troops from germany does maybe that will be discussed again joe biden already promised that he would rejoinder Paris Agreement on climate in january when he will he will answer the white house 40 states president of course there will also be distance of the u. S. Or nato death was a very difficult 4 years or so for for the role of for the relation between europe between germany and to us within nato and of course iran as well joe biden saying that he would be ready to talk to iran again about to nuclear deal in fact donald trump had left a transatlantic diplomats in shambles and there is now it is to do new administration to reconstruct these relation and the German Government certainly said that it was ready to do so under a new presidency of joe biden and reporting for as a from berlin a thank you so much and we should say that weve just received word that donald trump has arrived back at the white house after he has returned from his day out golfing ill bring you that latest information as soon as we have it meanwhile here in europe many leaders are hoping joe biden will help repair transatlantic ties that has been strained under the Trump Presidency so what would a biden presidency actually look like for europe share some more. He says he views europe as a partner 1st resort and has pledged to work more with allies joe biden and leader with longstanding ties to europe here in brussels e. U. Officials are hoping joe biden the will rebuild trance atlantic relations and restore trust underdog truck theyre expecting a friendlier tone towards europe but will there be real change in terms of substance from presplit here a former nato official is skeptical he believes its keno to focus on issues important to both i think its more about finding those global issues that where really the e. U. And the u. S. Media each other and one is of use its climate President Biden committed to rejoin the piracy climate agreement and here the u. S. Needs each other but generally biden is likely to focus on domestic issues taking on the pandemic helping the economy recover and protecting u. S. Workers and power struggle with china is also expected to dominate his presidency biden will call on the europe for support ceci i called kiko gart senior fellow with the German Marshall Fund clearly europe is going to be a much more valued ally because of the u. S. Rivalry with china but it also put europe in a position to ask for Something Else something in return if you like. And trade is clearly an area where i think there is a lot of opportunities that everything will change and by and president many here believe that american demands for greater European Defense spending and burden sharing will continue the u. S. Is pivoting to asia and other parts of the world and less and less willing to patrol europes neighborhood in the last 4 years here or p. S. Learn the hard way what you asked does and gauge meant really means it was done now its trying to force them to think about more autonomy analysts shaddai islam. Says the you cannot go back to the old todays. Whats important for us here in europe is to stay off course and to continue on this path of progress towards a certain degree of autonomy im a great believer in europes independent autonomy as wrote in the was so in the years to come the question may be not tao to restore Transatlantic Relations to their pretrial condition but rather how to create a new vision put if you choose in partnership with joe biden. Lets cross over to brussels i am joined by David Osullivan a former e. U. Ambassador to the United States mr osullivan president elect joe biden is that good news for europe. Broadly speaking yes i think it is i think we have had a very difficult Transatlantic Relationship for the last 4 years. Future President Biden is clearly very committed to europe hes very proud of his irish origins if i may say so but he also has a long history of commitment to nato to the European Union and to good relations between the United States and the European Union but of course we need to understand as several of your commentators have already said that he faces a very challenging situation in the United States so we are not going to see a return to what some people might have sought of as the golden era of Transatlantic Relations perhaps at the end of the 20th century or in the early part of the 21st century where were going to have to reinvent this Transatlantic Relationship to the new realities of american politics i say we need to reinvent the Transatlantic Relationship how exactly do you see europe going ahead with that. Well i look i think we need to recognize 2 fundamental things the 1st is that this relationship is essential for europe it is our most important relationship were not neutral between the United States and china or russia america is still our partner of most important partner of 1st resort on the other hand we need to do more ourselves and we need to take more responsibility for our own defense our own security we need to find accommodations with the United States on some of those difficult trade issues the digital issue digital taxation Data Transfer errors and we need to find a new accommodation on how to deal with china which is probably the single most important question for both of us in the 21st century we dont want to follow the trump b. N. Approach of confrontation and decoupling with china but we do share many of the u. S. Has concerns about chinas practices particularly the economic area but we also need engagement with china so i think these are the issues where we need to sit down with you administration and redefine a Transatlantic Partnership where america is still a hugely important partner for europe but where we in europe are much more willing to do more on our own and take more responsibilities for our own issues i point to china in particular as an area where youre out the can chart its own course what do you expect to see from president elect joe biden when it comes to relations with china. Well i hope that he will be more new laws than President Trump has been i think President Trump has sought to chart a course of exclusively by the 2 relations between the u. S. And china doing deals which are frankly not weedy been terribly effective and at the same time pushing all those for a g. Coupling of china from the International Trading system this is not going to work with so we need a approach which is much more sophisticated and much more nuanced where we join forces with the United States with like minded countries like china and south korea to push china on the issues where we are not happy with their behavior but where we also engage with china on issues like Climate Change or the Iran Nuclear Deal where china has actually played a very constructive approach so we need a much more sophisticated and nuanced approach in trying to address the issue of chinas important rise in this century they touched on this briefly already but how important is it really then to have a good relation between the United States and europe if that europe its own path should also look to engage china on these issues that it is a big partner when dealing with Foreign Policy you know in a byte in a presidency how will close do you think that relationship will continue to be. I i i hope it will continue to be extremely important i mean i still think that the Transatlantic Relationship notwithstanding all the tensions and all the difficulties which have been identified by some of the people youre had on earlier it is still the single most important relationship in the world for us that we are not neutral this will be china or his or be russia is a media United States we share the values we share the commitment to democracy to human rights to the rule of law and we have our differences but this is still a hugely important relationship but we need to understand that america is probably not going to play the same leading role in the next few years that it has in the past and that requires a security to take more responsibility for our own future and for our own behavior and we need to be more willing to take responsibility for our own defense for our own economic and social behavior and our leadership role in multilateralism and in taking for the Climate Change agenda with many partners across the world so its a question of striking that balance but i still think the Transatlantic Relationship will be a very important point of reference for europe for many years to come david im still living in brussels thank you so much thank you. Lets cross over now to the u. K. Where d. W. Correspondent charlotte tell some peril is standing by in a london charlie good to see you there what are the reactions in the United Kingdom to president elect joe biden. Well of course we all know that people here in the u. K. Consider the u. S. A very close ally people here in the u. K. Talking often about this special relationship that the 2 sides have in this election in particular is being watched very closely because it couldnt be happening at a more important time here in the u. K. Its 7 is a relation its funny relations with the with the e. U. And reshapes its place in the world so of course politicians the public looking very closely at those Election Results as they came in now we have started to get reactions from a number of politicians they include Prime MinisterBoris Johnson there was some speculation on social media in particular about when he would respond to these results particularly with of course President Trump contesting the results but he has issued a statement he says the u. S. Is our most important ally and hes congratulated the president elect and the Vice President elect on their important achievement historic achievement but of course there is the foreign minister dominic rob he said something quite interesting he said d with some of the process is still playing out its now clear that joe biden has won that certainly raised a few eyebrows here in the u. K. The fact that he made a point of saying with some of the process is still playing out in general though you have had a lot of congratulations a warm reception for him the 1st minister of scotland the 1st minister of wales as well and then of course the public the public reaction here is very interesting trump isnt a particularly popular figure here in the u. K. According to one recent poll just 8 percent of people here said that they found his presidency either good or great so a lot of the people that weve spoken to here to here warmly welcome. The reception of president elect joe biden and of course President Trump who who once described Boris Johnson as britains trump i doubt that he is going to be looking at some of these responses reactions from u. K. Politicians particularly warmly you mention the special relationship what does bidens victory than a mean exactly for u. K. U. S. Relations with a lot of people are focusing on the personalities in play here President Trump was said to have had a warm relationship with Boris Johnson is less clear though what exactly the chemistry will be between president elect biden and Boris Johnson and we know for example that joe biden has spoken out against the bracks its results of course was championed by Prime MinisterBoris Johnson joe biden saying that he would have liked it to go another way say how the relations are going to play out particularly in law in a in respect to brets that are going to be particularly interesting over the coming months and what has to be pointed out though of course is there are a lot of going to be a lot of people in the Foreign Service here who are going to be warmly welcomed what they will see perhaps as a return to the more than the old who did with president elect joe biden they do the Prime Minister here and joe biden do shadow a number of interests when it comes to for example Climate Change the if theyre far more closely aligned than with President Trump and also respect for International Institutions thinking nato for example the Iran Nuclear Deal there are some close ties here on those were gone to perhaps close with joe biden and i think a lot of people will welcome a return to a more predictable perhaps relationship with the u. S. President all right charlie chosen pill in london thank you so much for your reporting. And joe bidens victory crowns a long career in politics one that includes 2 previous failed president ial beds and 8 years in office as Barack Obamas 2nd in command lets take a closer look now at the man who will be in charge of the white house for the next 4 years. It began half a century ago at 29 joseph biden was one of the youngest candidates ever elected to the u. S. Senate his success though laced with sadness when just weeks later his wife and daughter died in a car accident he remarried and made his 1st president ial bed in 1988 and again 20 years later my grandmother would yell out spread the faith. He was chosen to be Barack Obamas running mate. The best buys president barack has ever had mr joe biden. And he resigned to never quite reach in the Nations Highest Office until donald trump came along thats why the dam announcing my candidacy for president of the United States. As you know we have to with this decades of experience biden said he was the man to restore americas standing in the world that he was the man for the moment ill be a president will stand with our allies and friends and make it clear to our adversaries the days of cozying up to dictators is over he promised a sure leadership in the midst of the coronavirus condemning. Its estimated t