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"Europe will not submit to a more “brutal world”, and can instead be the base
from which a new international order can be rebuilt, Mark Carney, the Canadian
prime minister, has said.
Carney was speaking as the first non-European leader to attend a meeting of the
European Political Community, which opened on Monday amid high tensions in the
strait of Hormuz and renewed doubts about the US commitment to Nato.
“We don’t think that we’re destined to submit to a more transactional, insular
and brutal world, and gatherings such as these point to a better way forward,”
he said.
In a pointed suggestion that the era of American leadership was coming to an
end, and explaining the symbolism of Canada’s attendance at a European
political gathering, he said: “It is my strong personal view that the
international order will be rebuilt, but it will be rebuilt out of Europe.
“We are demonstrating not just the strength of our values in defending a
rules-based international order, but also the value of our strength,” he added.
“The world is undergoing a rupture across several dimensions – integration is
being used as a weapon by some and the rules are not constraining the
hegemons.”
The EPC meeting, the eighth since the organisation’s inception, is taking place
in Yerevan, Armenia, a venue chosen as a way of showing Europe’s determination
to prevent the small Caucasus country from being dragged back into Russia’s
orbit."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
