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While control of both houses in Congress and the Presidency makes it easier for Biden and the Democratic party to pass highly partisan agenda items, it does not necessarily mean that is more likely for several reasons.

At present, Joe Biden appears well enough equipped to pursue the majority of his agenda, staunchly if not aggressively. However, his immediate actions are not likely to be particularly significant on the global stage as Democrats initially seek to counter much of what Trump and the GOP instituted over the last four years. The 2020 election has already set the stage to expand that sphere of influence in ensuing elections, but we are unlikely to see Biden push a radical agenda with an eye toward further consolidating that power in the 2022 ‘midterm’ elections.

Following the unfortunate surge of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Munich European Forum e.V. decided to cancel the Spring 2020 Brussels European Forum.

International cooperation with the U.S. has become significantly more complicated in times of the Trump administration.

A week ago, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Junker suggested that EU member states start building up a European army.

In these times of continually sinking military budgets and as international terrorism becomes an ever more pressing threat, the members states of the European Union need to adopt a new commitment to deepening European Integration.