In Canada, the liberal party chose the former central bank chief Carney as its new chairman. As a successor to Trudeaus, he will at least temporarily take over the office of Prime Minister.
The former central bank chief Mark Carney becomes the new chairman of the liberal party in Canada. This resulted in a vote among party members.
The 59-year-old prevailed very clearly with 85.9 percent of the vote. Former Vice Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland landed in second place at eight percent.
With the leadership of the party, Carney also temporarily takes over the office of Prime Minister from Trudeau. In a few weeks there will be new elections in the second largest area in the world.
Cancellation announcement In early January
Trudeau announced his resignation in the early January in view of the poor poll values and internal party differences. The choice of liberals was made in the midst of massive disputes with the United States because of the threats of the new President Donald Trump with higher tariffs against Canada.
In addition, the Canadian parliament will be re -elected by October at the latest. The opposition conservatives were originally in the lead in the surveys, but the liberals recently caught up clearly in view of the confrontation with the United States.
Positioning against Trump
“We have made this the best country in the world and now our neighbors want to take over us. Never!” Carney said shortly before the results were announced with a view to the annexation threats of Trump. Other candidates had also clearly positioned themselves against the United States in their final speeches. Almost 152,000 of the approximately 400,000 members of the Liberal Party, which Canada have ruled for more than 50 years since the Second World War, had participated in the vote.
Carney first headed the Bank of Canada and then became the first non-British president of the Bank of England. In the run -up to the part of the party, he secured support from a large part of Trudeaus Kabinett.
The economist had entered the race for the party chairmanship with an economic -oriented, centric agenda. In the trade war with the United States, he wants to continue the Trudeau course of the determined resistance. According to a survey by the broadcaster “CTV News”, 40 percent of Canadians believe that Carney would be the best politician for negotiations with Trump – significantly more than 26 percent encouragement for the chairman of the conservative and his greatest domestic opponent, Pierre Poilievre.
