Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the European Parliament (EP) on March 23, where he warned world leaders that a growing populist movement representing “extreme political views” is threatening democracy. “We could see that something was lurking off on the horizon, something shadowy, something that was threatening. We didn’t look close enough,” Trudeau said as he recalled the last time he addressed the EU in 2017. “When I spoke to this Parliament five years ago, I spoke about making multilateralism work for the middle class and those working hard to join it, so that economic frustrations don’t become fertile ground for populism, nativism, protectionism, and the polarization towards more extreme political views. Well today, we are staring these forces in the face as they threaten the peace, justice, truth, democracy, and stability of our world.” In giving examples of what he sees in a changing world dynamic, Trudeau alluded to former …