US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’
- Explainer: how do JD Vance’s Europe claims stand up?
The US vice-president, JD Vance, has launched a brutal ideological assault on Europe, accusing its leaders of suppressing free speech, failing to halt illegal migration and running in fear from voters’ true beliefs.
In a chastising speech on Friday that openly questioned whether current European values warranted defence by the US, he painted a picture of European politics infected by media censorship, cancelled elections and political correctness.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/jd-vance-stuns-munich-conference-with-blistering-attack-on-europes-leaders
Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor in Munich
Publish date : 2025-02-14 18:36:54
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