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the federal government In view of the uncertain outcome, he does not want to comment on the US presidential election for now. “The federal government has confidence in the democratic tradition and in the constitutional institutions of the United States of America”said Government Spokesperson Steffen Seibert In Berlin. As long as there is no final result, the government “follows everything carefully, but does not comment on the state of things.”
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) brought his cabinet colleagues “up to date” on the situation in the United States in the morning session, Seibert said. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is also following “things closely”.
The Federal Foreign Office initially did not want to make a public evaluation of the elections in the United States. “I think that the election in the United States, of course, has a meaning for Europe and it will also have a transatlantic meaning in the future,” said a spokeswoman. But he did not want to comment on the partial results and the behavior of US President Donald Trump.
