Malte Lehming writes for the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel and formerly led the paper’s Washington bureau. He argues: "Biden stands for unity and reconciliation. But many other Democrats want Trump and his supporters to be brought to account. It doesn't fit together."
Matthew Karnitschnig, European correspondent with the US-daily Politico. His opinion: "Biden will manage to repair America’s divisions. Whether he’ll succeed in repairing the relationship with Germany and Europe is a different matter."
Sudha David Wilp from the transatlantic think tank German Marshall Fund. She says: "Joe Biden will install a new version of global leadership for America. But he will also think about policy in terms of how it affects the American middle class."