Foreign leaders react to Biden’s decision not to seek reelection

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Foreign leaders react to Biden’s decision not to seek reelection

World leaders watching the U.S. election have started to react to the decision by President Biden on Sunday not to seek reelection, discussing their relationships with the U.S. president and offering thoughts on his decision. 

U.K. Prime Minister 

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: “I respect President Biden’s decision and I look forward to us working together during the remainder of his presidency.”

Mr. Biden is already facing calls from Republicans to step down, with some saying that if he is unfit to campaign, he is unfit to serve the rest of his term, which runs until Jan. 20. 

“I know that, as he has done throughout his remarkable career, President Biden will have made his decision based on what he believes is in the best interests of the ********* people,” Starmer wrote.

In a statement 

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 addressed directly to Biden, Polish President Donald Tusk said Mr. Biden’s “many difficult decisions” had helped keep Poland, America and the world safe and democracy stronger. 

“I know you were driven by the same motivations when announcing your final decision. Probably the most difficult one in your life,” Tusk wrote.

The difficulty of the president’s decision was also highlighted by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala. “It is undoubtedly the decision of a statesman who has served his country for decades. It is a responsible and personally difficult step, but it is all the more valuable,” Fiala 

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. “I am keeping my fingers crossed for the USA that a good president emerges from the democratic competition of two strong and equal candidates.”

Ireland’s deputy premier Michael Martin said he heard of Mr. Biden’s decision “with both sadness and admiration.”

Biden, whose family has roots in the country, was warmly welcomed when he visited Ireland last year.

“This has no doubt been the toughest of calls, but one done, as ever, with dignity & class. I know that the people of Ireland will wish President Biden the very best,” Martin wrote Sunday on social media.

Ireland’s prime minister, Taoiseach Simon Harris, also thanked Mr. Biden in

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, crediting the U.S. president as “a voice for reason, effective multilateralism and shared solutions.”

Harris pointed to Mr. Biden’s leadership on the Russia-Ukraine war and said he had spoken with the president about plans for a ceasefire in the *******-****** conflict, and called him “an unwavering voice and passionate worker for peace on the island of Ireland.”

During his 2023 visit, Biden “relayed the words of his parents that ‘everyone is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect.’ Anyone who knows or has watched Joe Biden knows that these are more than words to him but the way he has always conducted himself in public and private life,” Harris said.

******** President Isaac Herzog thanked Mr. Biden “for his friendship and steadfast support for the ******** people over his decades long career,” in a statement on social media. Biden has faced pressure from within his party over the *******-****** conflict. 

“As the first US President to visit ******* in wartime, as a recipient of the ******** Presidential Medal of Honor, and as a true ally of the ******* people, he is a symbol of the unbreakable bond between our two peoples,” Herzog said. 

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Allison Elyse Gualtieri

Allison Elyse Gualtieri is a Senior News Editor for CBSNews.com, working on a wide variety of subjects including ******, longer-form features and feel-good news. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and U.S. News and World Report, among other outlets.

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