Response from Munich

“The biggest risk I see in Europe is not Russia or China or any other external factor. The greatest risk is inside it. ” US Vice President Jay Di Vance came to Munich in a “mission of special goals”, as it is heard in the corridors of Bayerischer Hof, the historic hotel, where the Munich security conference is being held in recent hours.

Earlier Jay Di Vance had soon thanked Christofh Haygen, head of the Munich Security Conference for the invitation, expressed his sadness for yesterday’s Islamist attack with 36 injured in Munich and referred to her love for her , which he had visited privately for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, he went without any other imports and rotations, in the political “manifesto” of US President Donald Trump’s new doctrine for Europe, in almost war tones, confirming forecasts for “attack” in Europe and a speech that would cause at least shock. In the heart of Europe and even at home. In Germany, just days before the critical early elections of 23 February.

Frontal vans attack on Europe

Jay Di Vance called European Republic deficit, because in his opinion he violates the fundamental principles he herself embodied: the freedom of opinion, the press, the respect of political opponents, the other voices, who, as he said, chooses to choose to choose to choose to The people support with their vote.

The reason, of course, for the “alternative” political forces emerging in Europe, an indirect but clear reference to the far -right alternative to Germany, whose politicians have not been invited to the Munich Security Conference.

Participants watched the Vanz speech frozen, seeing the conflict of two worlds unfold in front of their eyes: on one side of the New World, as Donald Trump realizes it, with the basic rule of power, ignoring rules, written and unwritten Law. On the other hand, the world of Europe, with the values ​​that it is post -war and after the Cold War, the ideas on which the European integration was based, which has been shocked by multiple crises for many years.

Mertz to DW: Historical Date

Christian Democrats, Friedrich Mertz, in an interview with DW, speaks of a “historic date” referring to February 14, 2025, the day on which he was doubted “US security guarantees”. He spoke of directly challenging “democracy by the Americans” but also of “involvement in the German election campaign”. He did not say, however, “surprised”, saying he had been “announced”. As he also said, sending a message to the White House, “it is not the duty of the US government to explain to Germany how to protect its democratic institutions itself.”

The Vance attack in Europe, however, had indeed been announced in a long -running interview with the Wall Street Journal, in the preamble to the Conference, where he had expressed his support for the AfD, with German Foreign Ministry Analena Berbok to describe her in internal affairs. of Germany.

“The only ones who decide on the German parliamentary elections, as in any democracy, are and will continue to be the German voters,” he said in a statement.

For his part, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who also spoke at the start of the Security Conference and met Jay Di Vans, said Trump’s government is calling for “established rules”.

The German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, in a first reaction from Munich, fired a fire against Jay Di Vance, noting: “The US Vice President challenged democracy throughout Europe. It talks about the abolition of democracy. If I understood it correctly, it compares the conditions prevailing in some parts of Europe, with those in authoritarian regimes. This cannot be accepted, “he said in intense tones, calling Jay Di Vance’s image of the Republic” distorted “.