Canadian Prime Minister Mike Carney attended Ursula von der Leyen's address

Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

28.January 2026 Maja Vasic Nikolic

The man who stole the show in Davos

The Canadian Prime Minister set a precedent when he announced the end of the US-led world order in Davos. Until then, no politician had pointed out so openly, intelligently and in the manner of a self-confident leader that "if you are not at the table, you are on the menu". This wasn't the first time Carney had done something nobody had done before, but critics pointed out that actions speak louder than words.

Mark Carney's speech in Davos

28.January 2026 Ivan Milenkovic

A masterpiece of oratory to dispel the darkness

Suddenly, we could imagine Marcus Carnius, so calm, while he utters clean and complete sentences as if he were reading them (and he did not read them) and his eyes passed over the people present (as if he was looking everyone present in the eyes), in front of the Athenian Areopagus, in the Athenian square, or in the Roman Senate