Vance: «The enemy is not Russia. The true enemy of Europe comes from within »

Vance has warned that Freedom of expression She is seriously threatened in Europe and has directly accused European governments of refusing to listen to what voters really say. «Since I have arrived in Munich I have had multiple contacts and small conversations in which I am asked for help for defense. But what I can’t see clearly is what you need to defend you here. The enemy is not Russia. The enemy of Europe comes from within, ”he has warned, and has referred extensively to the fact that in Europe he is often governed with his back and even against voters.

Vance has cited several examples, such as the first round of the presidential elections annulled in Romania or, without citing it, to the complicated coalition formation in Austria, after the elections won in September the extreme right of the FPö and continue without a government . “If what European governments want to defend themselves is from their own voters, then there is nothing that the United States can do for you,” he said, and this is in his opinion much more worrying than the external threats of Russia either China.

“There is a new sheriff in Washington”

Vance has called European governments to listen more to their citizens. “There is a new sheriff in Washington, that is true,” he has ironized, and has admitted that under the leadership of Donald Trump there will be different points of view over Europe, “but we will fight as always to defend the right to express them in the public space” .

Has expressly referred to Donald Trumpsubtracting importance from their interference in the ongoing German electoral campaign, which have caused so much outrage in the country, and has repeatedly criticized that in Europe, in its opinion, any expression of ideas that does not match the current with the current dominant.

He has complained that politicians use a “Soviet vocabulary” here to discredit points of view that do not share with terms such as “misinformation” or “false information” and pointed out that “if a 200,000 dollar campaign on social networks can demolish Your democratic society, so you should seriously think about which bases your democracy is settled and in the good that you really understand the will of your voters ».

AFD: “There is no place for firewalls”

Another of his reproaches has addressed the fact that political parties contrary to the immigration are excluded from governments throughout Europe and, therefore, “unfortunately, many of our European friends are ignoring the will of voters.” “There is no room for firewalls,” he has charged without quoting him against the sanitary cordon to which the rest of German political parties keeps the radical right of Alternative for Germany (AFD).

After expressing their condolences for the victims of the last attacks, “all with the same pattern, a male between the 20s that indiscriminately attacks defenseless citizens,” the last one a short distance from Bayerischer Hof, which celebrates the conference of Munich security, has wondered aloud “how many more people have to die” before European governments act.

In this speech, in which the basis of the relationship with Europe of the new US administration has sat down, has been willing to a narrow and fruitful collaboration, provided that Europe is willing to play a more relevant role in defense. “They await you difficult decisions,” he said without hot cloths, and has ended up citing San Juan Paul II, “do not be afraid,” encouraging European governments to take care of the will of voters. “That is,” he defined, “the magic of democracy.”