Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, broke with tradition on Monday by visiting Europe rather than the United States for his first foreign trip as the country’s leader, with his warm welcome in France and the UK standing in stark contrast to his country’s fracturing relationship with its southern neighbor.

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with the leaders of Britain and France during his first official overseas trip.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has declared Canada “the most European” nation outside the continent and has identified three foundational “peoples” for Canada — Indigenous, French and British.