Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heaped praise on the European Commission and its formidable first female president Friday as he presented Ursula von der Leyen with the judicial equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Trudeau made a special one-day trip to the United Nations for the final day of the World Law Congress, where jurists from around the globe gather every two years to extoll the democratic virtues of the rule of law.
"As choruses like 'America First' got louder, both Canada and Europe held fast to our belief that growth doesn’t come from putting up walls and turning inwards." That means "standing up to bullies" and protecting those unable to protect themselves, ensuring the middle class remains strong and making it impossible for inequality to gain a foothold.
Democratic values and the rule of law are the pillars of such peace, she said, and cannot be allowed to crumble.
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