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AUTHOR:M.J. GDNUS
US Vice President JD Vance said today that Europe and the US are on the same page but need to agree on a better common security framework, taking a more conciliatory tone after upsetting European allies during a visit to Germany earlier this year.
At an event in Washington hosted by the Munich Security Conference (MSC), Vance reiterated a view he shares with President Donald Trump that Europe must take greater responsibility for its own defense.
He said both sides of the Atlantic had become too complacent with a security system that was no longer adequate for the challenges of the next twenty years.
Although he has often been a harsh critic of Trump's foreign policy, Vance took a more moderate stance at this gathering. "I still firmly believe that the United States and Europe are on the same page," he said, emphasizing the deep ties between European and American culture and civilization. "It is completely absurd to think that it is possible to create a real rift between the United States and Europe. But that does not mean that we will not have differences of opinion from time to time," he added.
During a speech in Munich in February, Vance accused European leaders of restricting free speech and ineffectively managing migration, to which German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius responded that the US vice president was thereby putting democracy in Germany and Europe at risk.
Last week, Vance, along with other members of Trump's inner circle such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, criticized the decision by Germany's intelligence agency to classify the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as extremist, which gives the agency increased surveillance of the largest opposition party.
