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Trudeau (r, with European Parliament's president Antonio Tajani) was a much anticipated guest in the EP (Photo: European Parliament)

World benefits from strong EU, says Canada PM

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has told the European Parliament that "the whole world benefits from a strong European Union", in an attempt to comfort Europeans disheartened by Brexit and the election of Donald Trump in the US

Trudeau was addressing MEPs on Thursday (16 February), a day after they approved a controversial EU-Canada free trade deal, Ceta.

He called the EU "an unprecedented model for peaceful cooperation", adding that "the whole world benefits from a strong ...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Trudeau (r, with European Parliament's president Antonio Tajani) was a much anticipated guest in the EP (Photo: European Parliament)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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