Europe learning from Canada on dealing with Trump ‘novelty’: Italian president
OTTAWA — Italy’s visiting president says Europe is learning much from Canada on how to engage with the “novelty” that is the Donald Trump administration.
President Sergio Mattarella says Canada’s example of trying to find common ground with Trump can pave the way for good relations between Europe and the U.S. despite differences on refugees, climate change and free trade.
“Of course, this is a moment in time in which we are rethinking, perhaps, the way we relate to each other, the way in which we interpret each other. And that’s why the way in which Canada relates to this novelty is interesting,” Mattarella said in an interview Wednesday following a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill.
“I think that Canada’s example can allow us to have good relations.”