Four day visit North Ireland and the Republic of Ireland from the President of the United States, Joe Biden, He monopolized the front pages of the media this Wednesday, highlighting the impulse the White House could give the United States. the peace process and the island’s economy.
“Laughing Joe” arrived in the Northern Irish capital last night with a “promise to inject money” into the British province, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
This will be one of the key points that Biden will develop in his speech at the new campus of Ulster University today. Bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Altar.
According to this newspaper, the Democratic president It will benefit from the stimulus of “significant” US investment in the region to promote the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).To return to the power-sharing government, the second formation was suspended for more than a year.
The DUP refuses to enter an Executive led by the nationalist Sinn Féin, the first force. Post-Brexit trade regulations for the province, agreed by London and Brussels in the Windsor Framework Agreement.
On April 10, 1998, the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement were marred by political paralysis, The Northern Irish newspaper The Irish News today recalls Biden’s text calling for “keeping the peace” to end the conflict and the great progress since then.
This environment is picking up a few words from US congressman Richard Neal (Democrat) asking Biden to “force” the DUP to reactivate the power-sharing government. It also includes the DUP’s position on this issue, which, through its deputy, Gordon Lyons, warned: The President must “respect the views of those living in Northern Ireland”.
In this sense, The Irish Times, the main newspaper of the Republic of Ireland, emphasizes today: Biden will reiterate his Administration’s support for the “peace process and prosperity” in the region, but will avoid “pushing the will”.
According to the White House, before departing for Dublin today at 13:20 GMT, Biden “will have the opportunity to interact” with “each” of the leaders of the five main regional parties, There will be no “official group meeting” due to their differences over Brexit.
Pro-British Protestants BidenSeizing every opportunity to showcase its Irish past and Catholic faith, He is a politician closer to Dublin than to London.both for his geopolitical vision and for his origins.
The brevity of his visit to Northern Ireland and the paucity of high-profile events didn’t help compared to three days in the Republic of Ireland where he would meet with the president and prime minister, give a speech in Parliament, and pause. In Louth and Mayo counties to meet their families and address the public.