Vice President JD Vance's speech Feb. 14 at the Munich Security Conference was not merely the most important speech the precocious young second-in-command has delivered in his political career. It was also a speech that encapsulates an entire geopolitical era — that of a return to prudence,

Public sector workers and ground staff at Munich Airport will go on a two-day strike starting Thursday after wage negotiations ended without result, the Verdi union said on Monday.

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Ukrainian-American negotiations with the participation of US Vice President Jay Dee ended Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the head of the Kiev regime,

MUNICH (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that a speech by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security conference felt as if the United States was 'trying to pick a fight' with Europe.

"Trump and Vance cannot merely be accused of appeasing dictators and far-right extremists," writes one reader. "It’s something even worse."

JD Vance delivered uncomfortable truths in Europe. But free speech is sacrosanct to the American idea, so it underpins how America approaches policy in Europe.

Jonathan Turley praised VP Vance for his Munich Security Conference address, criticizing European free speech laws, criticizes response from CBS anchor Margaret Brennan.

World leaders and senior diplomats descended on Munich on Friday for a weekend that could mould the future of global geopolitics. Top officials from China, the United States and Europe were meeting at the Munich Security Conference to discuss US President Donald Trump's vow to end the war in Ukraine by negotiating directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Europe should recognise that the current strains in U.S.-EU relations are not just the result of an unpredictable American administration but also of Europe’s own unresolved contradictions

Vance made clear in his speech and in his meeting with AfD co-leader Alice Weidel that the Trump administration is more than comfortable with this trend. Whether Vance’s meeting with AfD helps or hurts the party in next weekend’s elections in Germany remains to be seen.

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The agreement on minerals proposed to Ukraine by the United States does not protect the interests of the country, so Kiev refused to sign the document. This was stated on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference by the head of the Kiev