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without europe.this is a once in a generation moment for the collective security of our continent. only a lasting peace for ukraine that safeguards its sovereignty will deter putin from further aggression in the future. now, recent statements by the us administration should not come as a surprise. president trump has long expressed the wish for europe to step up and meet the demands lasting wants to get a lasting peace agreement to end the war in ukraine. so today's informal meeting of european leaders was a vital first step in responding to that challenge. on defence, it's clear the us is not going to leave nato. but we europeans will have to do more. the issue of burden sharing is not new, but it is now pressing, and europeans will have to step up both in terms of spending and the capabilities that we provide. on ukraine, we are at the very early stage of the process. europe must play its role. and i am prepared to consider committing british forces on the ground alongside others, if there is a las

europe faces many challenges.he crisis this continent faces right now, the crisis i believe we all face together is one of our own making. if you're running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing america can do for you. >> well, i think it's fair to say the audience didn't particularly enjoy that speech. let's see what our panel has to say. let's start with you, zoe. this was an excoriating say. let's start with you, zoe. th broad an excoriating say. let's start with you, zoe. th broad decline.'iating say. let's start with you, zoe. th broad decline. iating say. let's start with you, zoe. th broad decline. i think what of broad decline. i think what he was trying to do was actually trying to appeal to a kind of common cultural or civilizational foundation that is actually, perhaps shared between europe and the united states and draw attention to some genuinely pretty egregious things. i mean, you know, he mentioned the example of the man in sweden who was convicted for burning a quran on a very nice thing to

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but fascism was defeated in europe. and we're now in a new turning point in european history, where it's on us to recognize the threats as to behave with urgency and react of the we must have that many thanks. indeed to you, old jessica, berlin benjamin friedman at old off blanca. thanks for watching. you can see the park and i get it any time by going to the web site. that's all just 0. don't com for further discussion, join us a facebook page that's at facebook dot com forward slash a inside story out. of course, you can join the conversation on x on handle the page, the inside story. for me, adrian, for the team here in bo hop. we'll see you again. bye. for now, the the mass side people have inhabited these attends and the allowance for generations for the new 9 and you end up with you ever. but the legal battles are now under way as the land they call home is being cleared for tourism hunting drug. despite huge personal risk, a muscle human rights lawyer is fighting witness in the shadow of the saran gets on a jerse

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let's have a look at what that means. firstly, europe relies on the u. s. military industry for much of the equipment it needs to by. and then there are the us nuclear warhead, stationed in europe, plus around a $100000.00 us troops on the continent. around a 3rd of those troops are stationed in germany. guarantee in europe, security has been in the us interest for a long time and for more than 75 years, the central structure to do so has been through the nature lines under donald trump . he's been complaining the u. s. s. paying too much for your security and he's even threatening not to protect allies who don't meet nato's defense spending target. currently at 2 percent of g d p. that's what called into question nato's core principle of collective defense. the u. s. currently has the biggest military of all nato members. the u. s. also has the most sophisticated equipment and intelligence. there were several military capabilities that nature only has because the united states has a tense if the us withdrawal. so it just kind of decides to be less invol

jobs in europe. >> if this creates value. >> in europe.his is why president macron. >> since 2017, has pushed hard on the idea of. >> european preference for. >> defense. >> because this. >> is a. >> question of. >> sustainability, of the defense effort. >> that. >> we need to sustain. >> that comment was part. of the. >> conversation i had on the main stage of the munich security conference. >> around europe's place in the world, and. >> what a pivotal. >> time to have. >> that. >> conversation. >> because. >> as. >> i told you. >> earlier. >> the continent. >> mostly the eu, norway. >> and the uk. >> are finding. >> themselves alone. at this stage. they're having. >> to. >> rethink their. >> whole system. and so. when you. >> look at the geopolitical. >> scene right. >> now. >> one of the question. marks is what does this mean also from a chinese perspective? that's one of the angles that we haven't discussed. >> in detail a lot. >> but when i heard that the. chinese minister for foreign. >> affairs on the stage here. >> he made the comm

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no decisions about ukraine without ukraine, no decisions about europe without europe. europe.a seat at the table when decisions about europe are being made. anything else is zero. if we are left out of negotiations about our own future, then we all lose. look at what putin is trying to do now. this is his game. putin wants one on one talks with america just like before the war when they met in switzerland and looked like to carve up the world. next, putin will try to get the u.s. president standing on red square on main on may 9th this year, not as a respected leader, but as a prop in his own performance. we don't need that. we need real success. we need real peace. so some in europe may not fully understand what's happening in washington right now, but let's focus on understanding ourselves right here in europe. we must give strength to europe first. does america need europe as a market? yes, but as an ally. i don't know. for the answer to be yes. europe needs a single voice, not a dozen different ones. even those who regularly come to mar-a-lago need to be a part of a strong

a critical time for europe. it is 7:45 london time and we will be speaking with the defense minister of lithuania, a country that is closely watching the debate on ukraine so do not miss that interview. the week is starting on a down note for european bond futures so here to explain is valerie. i have got to say that one of the assets i was looking at this morning was the reaction across europe to all of the different headlines that came through from the weekend but one of the ones that caught my eye was the reaction in bond futures. we are selling off today. what is going on? >> it is all around the expectation of more coordinated fiscal response from europe. how are they going to finance this to defense spending? it is likely to come through with more debt issuance. german and french bonds traded lower ahead of their open just over one hour from now. it is notable that these bonds have been trading, quite weak in the last few days with yields rising with that expectation of more debt issuance to come but even

be owned europe and north america. if the us uh, withdrawal, as i suppose its financial assistance towards europe or at least was it, it down on how should they so do that nieto is definitely facing an existential crisis. i think in the near term what will be much more likely and effective may be for sub coalitions of nato members to agree quickly amongst themselves. what kinds of strategic concrete actions can they take together? we've already seen a nascent nordic baltic polish british coalition. start to form there and discussions about joint financing and setting common targets together because they understand the russian threat very well. i think the idea of expanding internationally is definitely something that will be considered for the medium and long term. but as long as america is still a member of the alliance, any move to do so would be incredibly cumbersome. and i think 1st nato will be trying to handle with the tools that they have internally. and like i mentioned, having the sub regional coalitions form

that's why many of these nato drills are taking place in europe's northeast. like here in your way, or here in this waiting. yeah, that's location for the finale of this whole exercise. and germany is leading it the point is to practice a crucial process moving troops and equipment from germany to the potential frontline quickly via this route for this, for the with this location at the center of europe, germany is a major hub, phone a tool, and would play a central logistical role if russia attacked a nato member. in recent years, jeremy has significantly boosted its defense spending. it's also europe's biggest provider of military a to ukraine by far. sounds like a leader, right? well, a lot of work needs to be done. this is so they can find an expert on german and european defense policy. so at this point, europe remains concerning the dependent on the united states military speaking. let's have a look at what that means. firstly, europe relies on the us military industry for much of that equipment that needs to by and then there are the us nuclear warhead,

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us vice president criticizes europe at the munich security conference. j events slammed european leaders. what he calls free speech in retreat, he also said europe has to step up on its own defense. also coming up from us names the hostages. it's due to release on saturday. the 3 man were abducted from the same 2 boats on october 7th, 2023 and trying to survive in gaza. people there say they're facing a new war as they struggle to find food and shelter in the devastated territory the low and terry martin, thanks for joining us. us vice president. gd betts has told a conference of european defense and government leaders that free speech has in retreat in europe. benz claimed europe as a routing freedom of expression and called it a bigger threat than russian military aggression. he also addressed the issue of migration saying europeans had not voted to open when he called the floodgates to margaret's fence was speaking half in unix purity conference, where many european countries are concerned with us policy towards europe and create any particular togeth

but fascism was defeated in europe. and we're now in a new turning point in european history, where it's on us to recognize the threats as to behave with urgency and react of the we must have that many thanks. indeed to you, old jessica, berlin, benjamin friedman at olaf. blanca, thanks for watching. you can see the park and i get it any time by going to the web site. that's all just 0. don't com for further discussion. join us a facebook page that's at facebook dot com, forward slash age a inside story out of course, you can join the conversation on x on handle the page, the inside story. for me, adrian, for the team here in bo hop. we'll see you again, bye for now the from the impact of the us selections, escalating conflict in the middle east. and the urgency of climate action upfront sets the stage for a serious debate on out jersey or the revealing eco friendly solutions to come back. threats to offsets on 20 on the pair, this journey is taken by countless refugees fleeing danger. to mid me there perhaps worse than

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out of europe.es that show up in the assets you are dealing with? james: they are quite closely related, the volatility of euro-sterling is closer to sterling versus the dollar. our fortunes are inherently tied together even though we are outside the european union. ultimately, we have had a bearish of on both currencies relative to the dollar, but we have been lightening up that dollar position because there is some good news. we just felt there were some increasing risks to a clear out of the dollar, particularly around all the noise and volatility of president trump's policymaking. when push comes to shove, the european cyclical weaknesses on top of a fiscally weak situation, something inherently different for them to deal with. that will always give us a bias toward preferment sterling versus the euro. kriti: that makes me think the opera performance we have seen in european equities, also seeing it in the euro as well, is a blip when it comes to the year to date performance. is that fair to say

this is about finding ways for europe to come together so that europe ultimately can defend itself, potentially against russia. because base is becoming aggressive. now we all know that ukraine has received while it receives the candidates stages to become a member of the european union off the rest as a full scale invasion 3 years ago. but of course that is a long way down the road. now it's more about trying to coordinate a lot fact. so what europe can do to ramp up support for your trade by the will to, to find more common priorities on, you know, one of the specific things of the landscape suggested that your, of do it with the goal of increasing its ability to defend itself is the form of a european army. what could that mean? no, marianna, if you talk to security experts, defense experts, foreign policy analysts and you ask them about the potential the prospect of a european visa use. they would smile at you and say they say is the on so that politicians give when they don't have answers to the pressing questions of the day . and with all due respect, steve, all of them is landscape. this

we must build the armed forces of europe so that europe's future depends only on europeans. like these troops in estonia, lies with nato. everyone here agrees that europe needs to spend more on defence. but, no, says the eu's top diplomat, not a new army. we don't need a separate alternative to nato. we have nato. we have the armed forces, 27 countries — 2a of them also in nato. new nato member finland has a long land border with russia. here, too, the foreign minister is opposed to a new european army. of course. what we've tried to emphasise is that we need a credible plan to keep russia at bay going forward — notjust in ukraine, but also elsewhere. ..to come to a close. here in munich, the ukrainian president did spend time meeting the us vice presidentjd vance. so now, there are talks about peace talks, but that's still a long way from a deal that's acceptable to both ukraine and to its russian invaders. frank gardner, bbc news, munich. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said he blocked a draft minerals deal with the us because it the proposed deal would h

and to your defense partnership with europe. we also hear your concerns. on stepping up for ukraine we are and we will. on stepping up for european security, we are, and we will. and you have just spoken about peace through strength. we are 50 nation strong here, all determined to put an end to putin's war, to do so together. ladies and gentlemen, we have work to do. i will now ask the media to leave. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> watch online at c-span.org. >> democracy is always an unfinished creation. >> democracy is worth dying for >> democracy belongs to us all. >> we are here in the sanctuary of democracy. >> great responsibilities fall once again to the great democracies. >> american democracy is bigger than any one american >> american democracy must be constantly guarded and protected >> we are still at

so why isn't germany leading europe's defense and who's going to do it instead? the, this is nature's biggest exercise in decades since the end of the cold war. it's called steadfast defender, a chance for all nate, 2 members to showcase their combines military might. the needles $32.00 member countries abound by a promise of collective security to defend each other in case of an attack. and right now the line seized its biggest stretch ride on its doorstep from russia. this is russian territory cleaning garage right between poland and it's wayne. yeah. and then there is rushes goes allied that a rose danger is moving towards us at full speed. you must not to the rate we must face it. that's why many of these ne, to drills are taking place in europe's northeast. like here in norway, or here in this waiting. yeah, that's location for the finale of this whole exercise. and germany is leading it. the point is to practice a crucial process, moving troops and equipment from germany to the potential frontline quickly via this week for this, for the with this location a

that doesn't appear to be a smart way to go with europe if you are asking europe to do the bulk of thea security commitment to europe and ukraine after a settlement of the russia— ukraine war. could that be part of a concerted effort that the war is one that needs to end? i can see the trump _ is one that needs to end? i can see the trump administration, | see the trump administration, and i agree the trump and installation —— with the drug administration that europe will have to raise defence spending from an average of about 2% now to about 3% he said that in 2022 and it hasn't happened. if you look at what president zelensky wants, he wants 150,000, 200,000 european troops along this line of contact, if the war is frozen in place. europe can't supply that right now because that requires really three times that number. you need those to go there, the recovering, then those training. you are really talking about a half million troops and europe doesn't have that many deployable combat capable forces that can resist. but more importantly than that, we know, from a century of this, that

but for europe there is just ukraine in between russia and europe.but i would like to add to to what president trump said, that there is an ocean. yes, that's true. there is an ocean. um, but if from all sides, from ocean, there not be allies of the united states, what will the united states do? i really think that it's a bad idea for united states to lose its allies. and i'm sure president trump doesn't want this, because the strength of america comes from its allies. also, not just from american strength itself. so this is very important. we need america. america needs us. i really believe in this, and we shouldn't give such gifts to putin, to chairman xi, or to other tyrants in the world because they are looking very closely on what's happening. >> uh, sir, you said the u.s. needs ukraine. it sounds like the trump administration wants ukrainian rare earth metals, and that there is talk of some kind of transactional exchange for u.s. support and funding is ukrainian resources. what is your view on that? >> you know, the main, the rarest earth in th

ecological competition in europe and central europe is not doing very well.also see the digital and fluence, which, again, a bigger platform now coming. hybrid thrt coming from somewhere. hybrid threats they are the most sensitive part of your societal cohesion or your democratic institution, hybrid threats are societal or as a result of -- [indiscernible] we especially, countries in the front line of russia and russia major actor in the hybrid field. china and others speaking up but still russia is a dominant factor in eastern europe but also in europe. this is where the issue of democracy came very much together. this dominates on the way of the war of democracy the way russia is using cyberattacks or meddling elections, using really became big factor, so this factor not only democracy but also a factor of national security and trying to the gap in relations and influencing our way of some of our countries, hungary are the example even on the way of how we view the war in ukraine, even support for ukraine. this is what we now see the hybrid in the region, a

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and what about europe's role here? we heard from president zelensky saying that ukraine obviously had to be at the table for any negotiations, but also insisting that europe did. european leaders planning on holding a separate meeting in the coming days, possibly as early as tomorrow. but but what can they do to insert themselves into the negotiations? i mean, this is the glaring question off the back of quite a serious sounding contradiction. you had the us vice president, jd vance in munich, say that europe had to step up and that europe had to pay for security in the region and for ukraine in its support. and then in the same breath, we've heard this weekend that europe will not be involved in these talks. they will simply be updated or asked for input, which has angered many in these parts, to say the least. the us has softened its stance on ukraine's involvement, insisting it will be there, it will be involved after pressure from those european allies. but we've got this emergency summit being chaired by emmanuel

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people are desperate to find a plan that europe can contribute to.ou can't be part of the discussions unless you bring something to the table. the trump team has been clear about that. i think keir stormer and others are looking about what can the europeans actually put into this process that will make them be interlockettors in the eventual settlement. >> the future of european security, that is how much money people punishment into defense spending. there have been calls for more countries to up their contributions. the u.k.'s promised to get closer to 2.5, i think it is but of course, all this at a time when the chance el is -- chancellor is trying to balance the books as it is. >> not just the amounts of money but what kind of security are the europeans going to be? are they going to work together? do it differently? be part of nateo, the european union? other questions in these areas. the u.k. has settled only 2.5%. donald trump has said he wants 5%. already a big gap. long-term deployments of ukraine is going to cost a lot of money. you'll have

here in europe, the ladies and gentlemen, this leads me to the discussions we have had in europe over the course of the last few weeks. maybe in the security circles in europe. we're confused. some even worried by the commons made by senior us official earlier this week. but we need to be honest to you and we need to avoid outrage and outcry. because if we listen to the substance of the remarks, we not only understand where they are coming from. but recognize there are some remarks we can agree on. because yes, both the united states and europe in union ones and then to the black shit, we want to adjust the simplest and piece one that leads to a sun room and prosperous ukraine. and as you crane should be given solid security guarantees. but perhaps what resonates with me the most is the need for you, not only to speak frankly, but also to act accordingly. so let there be no room for any adult. i believe when it comes to your pin security, europe has to do more. you must bring more to the table and to achieve this, we need a search in european defense spending. the turn key, turn key,

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and with war raging in europe, again, due to russia's invasion of ukraine. the agenda of this year is in units security conference seem pretty clear from the start. the top us official this year is vice president j d events. in his performance on the opening day on friday, he relegated the ukraine war to a cameo role and took the opportunity to deliberate a political lecture. no one saw coming of the 1st face to face meeting between ukraine and strongest allies, is the trump administration took office after 3 years of fighting j. defiance, making clear to us once towards the end. fundamentally, the goal is, as the president trump outlined it, we want the war to come to a close. we want the going to stop, but we want to achieve a durable lasting piece. not the kind of piece is going to have eastern europe in conflict just a couple years down the road. the big question is how insurable piece can be achieved, and certainly a piece that ukraine can agree with others. one thing, thanks so much, i think you were on my way and really what was the need to to speak f

and to your defense partnership with europe. we also hear your concerns. on stepping up for ukraine we are and we will. on stepping up for european security, we are, and we will. and you have just spoken about peace through strength. we are 50 nation strong here, all determined to put an end to putin's war, to do so together. ladies and gentlemen, we have work to do. i will now ask the media to leave.

but this is different because this is a percept perception by europe. the united states has actually meddling and insure european affairs and domestic politics inside europe. so this is certainly different i, i worry that this particular aspect of it, the, the perceived interfere in spite of europe will actually drive a real wedge between between united states and europe and ways that are different than what we felt back in the early 2, thousands and they were off to the invasion of iraq. and another issue that's causing a bit of strain is the ukraine war. now there's this meeting between advance and president zelinski have the 2 leaders managed to find any common ground as well? i think the common ground is that both sides obviously wants to bring this war to an expedient and i actually take the trump administration and that's where, when it says it wants to sort of, and the real decent disagreement as how to achieve that. and you know, the trump administration believes that ukraine could have real durable security guarantees in the absence of american

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the second biggest market for them is europe and europe is a huge market. yet if europe can successfully regulate tech companies and they set a model for the rest of the world to potentially follow. bradford talked about this that it is very much in play. u.s. companies are doing everything to fight it. in some areas, maybe they have a point, but maybe could have gone too far. but when it comes to protecting european democracy with the digital services act in particular, there is no doubt that i think twitter, x, is through pushing political views in one way and violating the content and moderation eulls of the european union. why do they need twitter? is that going to ruin the lives of europeans not to have it. and same with meta and facebook? you go down the list of u.s. tech companies, if you go to estonia, bolt is their company. idown loaded and it worked. the inagain yows is something that the united states could replicate it and could protect their democracy. the big question for europe is do they want to be like us? do they want to have a social medi

a hail ukraine would weaken europe. but it was also re, comes the united states, it was intensify which challenges in the, in the pacific and threats and all shared interest without snow or as of low land, had to say about the situation as you basically saying that you were doing whatever it country increase in defense spending, essentially making it less reliant on the usa. our defense spending went up from just over 200000000000 before the war to know over 320000000000 last year. but we will need to increase that number considerably once again. because from just below 2 percent, to above 3 percent will mean hundreds of billions of your more investment every year. so we need a bold approach. well, that's one view. what we've also seen was alternately zalinski arriving here in munich. he may have come cap in hand, but it looks like ahead of his meeting with j. d von. for us, vice president. things on going exactly how he wanted. know he has heard what trump has been saying the last few days. what we've heard from the us

and they have good relations with europe. a key to the us is protocols, a nation, the, when they are signs, all we can think of us can engage with support and come in to you. opinions, security concerns is no longer term, may not be the best idea for america in terms of staying power. imagine china key amongst those names is preventing a chinese invasion of tie, want, and disruptions. the key trade routes that surround its horses and once the united front submits containment policy against china. so the u. that doesn't necessarily mean military involvement in the region, but it doesn't mean cooperation on economic conditions, like export controls on advanced technology emissions. how much am i putting in a little down since? could you repeat the difficult binds? the constant into skeptical us managing it is heavily criticized china for what they say is. it's test that supports impressions invasion of ukraine, as well as flooding european markets with cheap chinese input. the analysts say, washington, this transaction with app

a hail ukraine would, we can europe, but it was also reconfigured night. it states that alternative to the inclination. ok, we'll wait lawyer and the new american administration has a different will view to us. one with no regard for established rules. the insulator and the threats that i worry, the most about piece of the europe is not russia. what i worry about is the threat from within also it coming up of what the us vice president said to a anger and germany and its defense minister. and if i understood him correctly, he compared conditions in parts of europe and the, with those and all for tearing regimes might i'm going to have, this is not acceptable to our viewers watching on cbs in the united states. and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin the day with the new sheriff and the not so wild west. this is how us vice president j. d vance today described his boss, us president donald trump, the new sheriff. he didn't take this cal boy analogy further. during his speech at the munich security conference, we were left to assume that europe

europe must wake up. europe -- to be able to use these resources.oland can and should be a hub of infrastructure for economy and businesses of the united states. our strategy is to be like a transatlantic bond to bring the united states and europe together. poland understands best all the actions undertaken by united states. poland has very good awareness of the situation. to be a service hub that will be used for american equipment used by our allies along the eastern border of nato. we also talked about illegal migration. we talked about the challenge united states is also facing. very good information on want to share with you. there is the review of different spending in the united states. the executive orders issued by president trump and the objective is to review the justification of the spending. there is something, foreign military financing. this was the fund to use to modernize the polish armed forces. billions of dollars. the executive order of president trump about freezing the funding of different programs to support modernization, tra

europe? hard power and it leaves a category challenge for in how do we build for us in europe, how do we build that to get a seat in this for us in europe, how do we build | that to get - -| this for us in europe, how do we build | that to get - _s for us in europe, how do we build that to net , conversation? donald trump has as we know - president _ conversation? donald trump has as we know - president zelensky i nasn’t condemned the today. he hasn't condemned the russia's he didn't ask episglas invasion; he didn't ask to stop their attacks on them to stop their attacks on ukraine before that meeting yesterday. president putin must be in dreamland. l yesterday. presi �* | ' | u or in dreamland. ~ , ., absolutely in dreamland right. there is a french are right. there is a french business _ are right. there is a french business man i speak to who is based in moscow— business man i speak to who is based in moscow and also working with z: --]= :-—— and they are saying everyone loves - here — and

but europe remains your. we are open for business. we are open for partnership. thanks to all of us for listening. i wish you a productive munich security conference. thanks the present time. now with one of the opening speeches of this year's munich security conference, if you're just joining us out on the beginners, we're bringing a special ed coverage from the needed security conference. our chief political correspondent, nina has a, is there. she joins us now from munich. there's, there you are need. what did you take away from my father, sy myers remarks of the while. the german president did have a big plea to make to his fellow europeans saying essentially, let us not make us smaller than we all we are up to the task. so basically, funk by the stein, my of the trying to bring come to a very heated debates about europe's potential reactions was what the consequences are of the new u. s. administration's actions, announcements, etc, full. this continent so far close as time i tried to con things down. he made full points. he's das it with the fact that here

the threat that i worry the most about visa, the europe is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within the retreat of europe, from some of its most fundamental values value shared with the united states of america, your j events and speech. you st. shockwave through your i brought a strong response from germany. these are they will cut to democracy, was called into question by the us, vice president for the hold of your buddy. i can be reached at as the speak to the entire lation of democracy, democracy and def. i understood incorrectly. he's comparing conditions in pots and filled up with those no authoritarian regimes. ladies and gentlemen, that is not acceptable. acceptable. delegates of the munich security conference always expected, the trump administration to ask questions of the us european alliance. now that scratching their heads over what those questions are david solve always the managing director of the alliance was secure in democracy at the german marshall fund house for hi

d band is expressed criticism of europe. vans said that he is seeing a retreat of free speech in europe. he said, one can not win democratic mandates by silencing opposing voice. you're watching the w news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news. i hope to see you then the we would never compromise upon equal rights or take the opportunity to upgrade your cation for rights. and he quit opportunity of work in 2024. ask them women stop down with a ton of a unique insight into the struggle. the sharp edge of peace thoughts much set on dw the earth beneath us is.