‘Congratulations!’: World leaders hail Lula’s election victory in Brazil
Also reported by Al Jazeera
Summary
World leaders congratulated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after Brazil’s electoral court said he won re-election in a runoff. Leaders from France, Spain, China and the European Union issued messages, while Lula’s opponent, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, refused to accept the result and said he would seek to annul the election.Key Facts
- Brazil’s electoral court announced that Lula won the runoff election, giving him an unprecedented fourth term.
- Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula’s opponent and the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, refused to accept defeat.
- The article says Lula led Bolsonaro by more than four million votes.
- French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated Lula and called for stronger ties between France and Brazil.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called Lula’s win a “progressive comeback.”
- China congratulated Lula and said it respected the choice of the Brazilian people.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described Lula’s victory as a win for democracy and multilateralism.
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