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JD Vance said that he feared more than the “threat of the interior of Europe” than Russia and China, in a speech of confrontation which suggested alleged offenses of democracy and freedom of expression would be upon us the support of the continent.
In a speech to the Munich security conference, the American vice-president criticized the cancellation of a recent election in Romania, the pursuit of an anti-abortion demonstrator in the United Kingdom and the ban on German extremist politicians of the event itself.
“The threat that I am most vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it is not China, it is not another external actor,” said Vance. “And what worries me is the threat of the interior, the retirement of Europe of some of its most fundamental values.”
While dozens of European leaders, business leaders and superior diplomats looked at the sinister plan, Vance painted a painting of a continent where democracy was threatened with a disconnected elite.
“If you run in the fear of your own voters, there is nothing that America can do for you,” he said.
In December, the Constitutional Court of Romania crossed the unprecedented measure of cancellation of the country’s presidential vote, which had been won unexpectedly by the ultra-nationalist pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu.
Romanian authorities allegedly alleged that his political increase had been orchestrated by Moscow but has not yet provided illegal funding for campaigns or other ways in which Russia would have been involved. A new vote is due in May.
“For many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, it looks more and more like old rooted interests hiding behind villains from the Soviet era like” disinformation “and” disinformation ““” Said Vance.
Speaking a little more than a week before the German elections, the American vice-president said that there should be “no place for firewalls” in European politics.
Although he did not explicitly refer to the alternative for Germany, his comments were welcomed by the far -right party, which, according to the polls, will claim a second place in the February 23 elections. “Excellent speech!” Alice Weidel, AFD co-leader, wrote on X.
Certain parts of AFD have been designated as right -wing extremists by the German intelligence agency of Germany.
Berlin had expressed his dismay at Vance’s interference in the country’s internal policy earlier Friday, after having declared to the Wall Street Journal that he would encourage European leaders to adopt anti-establishments such as AFD.
“I do not think that it is good for foreigners, including those of foreign countries, to interfere so intensively in an electoral campaign,” said a spokesperson for the German government.
The Broadids occurred a few days after European leaders were blinded by the announcement of the Trump administration that it would start with bilateral talks with Russia at the end of the war in Ukraine.
The move of President Donald Trump, who bypassed European capitals, has strengthened concerns about what the post-war security guarantee provided by the United States is likely to collapse under the new administration.
Vance said that European allies planned to inform him of how they would increase their commitments to the continent’s collective defense. However, he said security would only take up the range of social challenges he described.
“What seemed to me a little less clear, and I certainly think of many European citizens is exactly what you are defending yourself for,” said the American vice-president.
“What is the positive vision that animates this shared security pact which, in our view, is so important?” He added. “And I deeply believe that there is no security if you are afraid of the voices, opinions and consciousness that guide your own people.”
Vance also targeted policies allowing mass migration in Europe, directly connecting the block policies of the block to an attack in Munich which injured 36 people on Thursday. “We saw the horrors caused by these decisions yesterday in this same city,” he said.
A 24 -year -old failed the Afghan asylum seeker guilty of the attack, the authorities announced on Friday, when they suggested a probable Islamist reason.
Vance said: “Increasingly throughout Europe, they vote for people who promise to put an end to uncontrolled migration.”
He added: “Rejecting their concerts. . . Preventing people from the political process, does not protect anything. In fact, it is the safest way to destroy democracy. »»
