Reference News Website, January 21 report: According to the German "Handelsblatt" website, on January 20, a phenomenon similar to an international resistance movement emerged for the first time in the "Trump era" at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos.
The report said that on the opening day of the forum, European Commission President von der Leyen indirectly accused Trump of breaking promises in trade negotiations and called for shaping a "new independent Europe." French President Macron criticized Americans for "bullying."
However, the star of the first day of the forum was Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. He still had an old score to settle with Trump. Last summer, when Carney visited the White House to meet Trump, he had praised him as a "transformative president," but Trump then spent several minutes talking about what it would be like if the United States annexed Canada as its 51st state. Carney had smiled and endured it at the time. But now he couldn't take it anymore.
In Davos, Carney said the world order "has broken down," but people should no longer lament it because the old order will not return. He called on middle powers to unite.
Carney said, "Middle powers must act together, because if we don't get to the table, we'll end up on the menu." The core message this Canadian conveyed was that the world order we know has ended; how to reshape the world order depends on us. This is a realism long awaited on the international stage.
The report said that the audience stood up and applauded Carney's speech. People realized that even if the United States no longer participates, the international community must have the capacity to act.
It is worth noting that this revolutionary idea emerged in Davos, a place long mocked for being too elitist, hypocritical, and lacking credibility. In an era where the United Nations is weakened, NATO is in crisis, and the "big brother" United States is becoming more of an enemy than a friend, such ideas are needed more than ever. (Translated by Wang Qing)
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