Vance slams Europe on free speech, migration in first international speech | Donald Trump News

US Vice President JD Vance Take the target In European countries during his first international journey, leaders of retreat were accused of freedom of expression, and the policies of immigration and delinquency in their defense obligations.
In a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, Vans announced that the administration of President Donald Trump will define a axis in terms of American relationship with its European allies.
“There is a new sheriff in the city under the leadership of Donald Trump,” Vans told an audience of political leaders, military and diplomatic officers at the annual conference.
He began accusing European leaders of controlling social media, interfering in the elections and violating the rights of Christians.
“I think people’s refusal, their fears, or the worst of that are the closure of the media, the closure of the elections or the closure of people from the political process does not protect anything,” Vans said. “In fact, it is the most sure way to destroy democracy.”
Vancers’ comments have obtained a rapid reprimand from some officials. Speaking shortly after that, German Defense Secretary Boris Pistorius said that he could not allow Vans’s demands without an answer.
“If I understand it properly, it compares the circumstances in parts of Europe with those in authoritarian regimes.” “This is unacceptable, not Europe, not the democracy in which I live and I am currently campaigning.”
What did Vance?
Many countries have received strikes and strikes in the first major international speech of ancestral.
The US Vice President, for example, Romania to cancel his elections in December to the alleged Russian intervention and Sweden was condemned to condemn an activist for the crime of hate on charges of public Quran burns.
He also accused the United Kingdom of retracting religious rights for its arrest to an activist who refused to leave a protected area outside the abortion clinic.
When it comes to the host country of the conference, Germany, Vans criticized a consensus between the prevailing political parties not to work with the alternative to the Yemeni right -wing immigration group (AFD). This political isolation policy was named after the “Wall of Protection”.
Democracy depends on the sacred principle that matters to the voice of people. There is no room for protection walls.
He added that such policies prevent dialogue and have been widely accused of European leaders of working to silence the voices of those who did not agree with them.
“Now, for many of us on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, it seems more like the established old interests hiding behind words in the ugly Soviet era such as” wrong information “and” getting rid of information “, who simply like the idea that someone with a point of view An alternative may express a different opinion. “
In his response, German Defense Minister Pistorius pointed out that AFD was able to campaign and publish its messages just like any other political party in Germany.
“Democracy does not mean that the loud minority is automatically right,” said Pittorius, a member of the Democratic Democratic Party in Germany. AFD called “partially extremist”.
“Democracy must be able to defend itself against extremists who want to destroy it.”
However, Vance was seen himself embracing the anti -immigrant speech in his speech at the Munich Conference.
“Of all the urgent challenges facing the countries that they represent here, I think there is nothing more urgent than mass migration,” Vans said.
For example, he referred to Thursday Autogen attack In Munich, 36 people were injured. The suspect is a 24 -year -old Afghan man.
“How many times should we suffer from these horrific setbacks before changing the path and take our common civilization in a new direction?” Vans request.
“No voter on this continent went to the ballot box to open the flood gates for millions of unrestricted immigrants.”
Reiname the wider
The US Vice President’s opening trip to Europe comes less than four weeks after Trump began his second term on January 20, which resulted in relations in relations with US -European allies.
Former President Joe Biden sought to rebuild these relations after the end of Trump’s first state, from 2017 to 2021. The talks have in recent years focused largely on joint security threats from Russia and China.
But the rapid changes in the opening weeks of Trump II left European leaders.
Earlier this week, Trump announced sweeping A 25 % tariff On steel and aluminum imports, it is scheduled to enter into force on March 12. On Thursday, his advisers ordered the mutual definitions to any country that he considers to have unequal trade relations with the United States.
The changes have extended beyond US economic relations. Trump also sought to increase negotiations to end the Russia’s war in Ukraine, a central security issue for the rest of Europe.
On Wednesday, Trump received a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, The interests that are destroyed European countries and Ukraine can be marginalized in discussions to end the invasion of Russia.
US Defense Minister Beit Higseth also He said allies In Brussels, Belgium, Ukraine must accept that it will not eventually become a member of NATO, nor is it unlikely to strengthen the lands lost in front of Russia since 2014.
Critics said that the data amounts to major concessions to Moscow before any official peace talks.
Fans’s visit to Munich on Friday also included a meeting with Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelensky.
“Our first meeting – not another, I am sure,” said Zellinski, after that, pledges to “continue our meetings and work.”
At a separate meeting with German President Frank Walter Steinmere, the Secretary -General of NATO Mark Retty and British Foreign Secretary David Lami, Verse renewed invitations to European countries to enhance their defensive spending.
The Trump administration called on NATO members to spend 5 percent of the total local products (GDP) on the defense.
Many countries are currently struggling to meet the current commitment by 2 percent. The United States is currently customizing about 3.4 percent of GDP for defensive spending.
Vans said he wanted to do NATO “more in Europe” so that the United States can put its concentration elsewhere, especially towards Asia.
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2025-02-14 19:59:00