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Center-Left Leaders Meet in Canada to Counter Right-Wing Threat

5/8/2026

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The Global Progress Action summit will bring U.S. and European center-left leaders, including Pete Buttigieg, U.S. official, and Senator Elissa Slotkin, to Canada on Saturday with Prime Minister Mark Carney to devise tactics against right-wing authoritarianism.
The meeting follows a similar session organized by Spain’s socialist government one month earlier.
Neera Tanden said Democrats can learn from Carney’s rightward shift while participants focus on affordability strategies to counter right-wing forces.

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The Global Progress Action summit will bring U.S. and European center-left leaders, including Pete Buttigieg, U.S. official, and Senator Elissa Slotkin, to Canada on Saturday with Prime Minister Mark Carney to devise tactics against right-wing authoritarianism.
The meeting follows a similar session organized by Spain’s socialist government one month earlier.
Neera Tanden said Democrats can learn from Carney’s rightward shift while participants focus on affordability strategies to counter right-wing forces.