Merkel: US, Germany must stand together on climate change The US and Germany must stand “side by side” in handling the coronavirus pandemic and fighting global warming German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday.
President-elect Joe Biden brings decades of experience in domestic and foreign policy to the job, and “he knows Germany and Europe well”, Merkel said in her first in-person comments on the election outcome. The chancellor had congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in writing on Saturday.