US president accepts invitation from Charles Michel as both sides look to ‘rebuild’ transatlantic alliance
A virtual summit of EU leaders, where the issue of vaccine bans is top of the agenda, has been hailed as a moment to “rebuild” the transatlantic alliance as Joe Biden confirmed he would attend.
Charles Michel, the former Belgian prime minister who now chairs EU summits as European council president, said he had asked Biden to join the Thursday evening videoconference “for him to share his views on our future cooperation”. “Time to rebuild our transatlantic alliance,” he tweeted.
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