Vice President JD Vance’s speech to European leaders at the Munich Security Conference on February 14 highlighted how far Europe is from respecting true democracy and freedom, according to experts. told the Daily Color News Foundation.
Vance speech Convicted of European countries for failing to adhere to democratic principles such as free speech and fair elections, cancelling Romanian elections and praying outside abortion clinics. We pointed out examples such as: example. Foreign policy experts told DCNF that the speech helped to remind Europe of once-respected values, but now it only provides lip services.
“Vice President Vance sent an important and long overdue message to European leaders. The main threat to democracy is not from Russia, but from the shared values that have long supported our Western community. It comes from our own departure. The Biden administration has sought to unify the NATO alliance on fear, a common perception of the Russian threat,” said George Beebe, director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute, to DCNF. I spoke. “But by denounced censorship based on exaggerated fear of ‘disinformation’, seeking a common-sense approach to dealing with migration, and fostering tolerance to disagree, Vance has a new foundation. It is about to restructure transatlantic relations. Your own virtue and vitality can help you deal with your rivals from the foundation of military power as well as effectively necessary confidence. ”(Related: Exclusive: Military Watchdog sues the Air Force and DOD to get records regarding the Pentagon LGBT Pride Event)
The snow is next to the logo of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) held in Munich, southern Germany on February 14th, 2025 (photo by Michaela Stache/AFP by Getty Images)
As an example, Vance raised Sweden Convicted On February 3rd, of Salwan Najem, the Qur’an was publicly burned in Stockholm in a street protest outside the Iraqi Embassy. His friend Salwan Momika, who protested against him, was murdered in January after the incident.
Vance highlighted the judge’s statement in Nagem’s case. He said that Swedish Free Speech Law “gives Nagem a free pass to say anything without angering the group that held that belief.”
Germany also prosecutes its own citizens under hate speech laws and even puts prison sentences to repeat “criminals.” According to To CBS News. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius criticized Vance’s speech a day later. phone It should be “unacceptable”, and democracy “doesn’t mean that anyone can say anything”, and democracy should “oppose extremists who try to destroy it.”
Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, told the DCNF that the US-European disparities are fully displayed in Vance’s response to speech.
“For me, the point of Vance’s speech, particularly Pistorius’s response to it, is to make it clear how great the Gulf value is between the US and Europe,” Logan told DCNF. “Vance points out the unpleasant truth about what could be called a dilute European commitment to fundamental values like freedom of speech, Pistorius returns the fire, and democracy is a vocal minority He argued that it does not mean that the faction can be determined. Freedom means that everyone can decide what truth is. Neither the government nor the dictators have the truth of capital. They don’t own it. Freedom means that people can pursue the truth for themselves.”
European leaders, like British Prime Minister Kier Starmer, have long supported democratic values. speech To celebrate D-Day in 2024, we are celebrating the unique respect for the UK’s democratic institutions.
“Our joint efforts, our shared values, our common respect for freedom, democracy, freedom, that’s what we were fighting for, and that fight never stops,” Starmer said in his speech. Ta.
French President Emmanuel Macron I said In a speech in March 2022, Ukraine’s defense was “defense of democracy, sovereignty and the right for people to choose their own future.” German Prime Minister Olaf Schultz lost the election on Sunday due to a conservative surge I said In June, “Free speech must be protected at any cost.”
Kaja Karas, vice-president of the European Commission, accused Vance of “choosing a fight” with Europe. According to To the BBC. Furthermore, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Siorak I said The day after the speech [Romanian] Authorities are committed to organizing free and fair elections by empowering citizens and ensuring freedom of votes. ”
Vance also takes a shot in handling the European immigration crisis, highlighting the migrant terrorist attacks that took place a day before his speech, and gains immigration as a symbol of “conscious decisions” from European leaders I emphasized that. As of January 1, 2024, foreigners account for nearly 10% of the EU’s population According to Go to EU statistics.
“The number of immigrants who have arrived [European Union] It has doubled from non-EU countries in 2021-2022 alone, and of course it has become much higher,” Vance said in his speech. “And we know the situation, it didn’t happen in a vacuum. This is the result of a series of conscious decisions made by politicians and others around the world over the course of a decade.”
“Vance knew this wasn’t a welcome message in Munich, but it was something that was necessary,” Beebe told DCNF.
The Council of Europe and the UK Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.
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