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US Vice President JD Vance delivered a brilliant speech at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February 2025.
He criticised European leaders for censoring free speech and failing to control illegal migration, stating that these issues pose a greater threat to Europe than external actors like Russia or China.
“The threat I worry most about vis-à-vis Europe; is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor … [it’s] the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values shared with the United States of America,” Vance said.
Citing examples of the suppression of free speech and conscience rights, Vance mentioned the conviction of a Christian activist in Sweden and the prosecution of Adam Smith Connor in the UK for silently praying near an abortion clinic.
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The Munich Security Conference is an annual forum for international security policy debates and diplomatic initiatives. It was founded in 1963 by Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin and is held in Munich, Germany. This year’s conference took place from 14 to 16 February 2025, focusing on the “multipolarisation” of the world and the challenges it poses to global security.
According to Wikispooks, the Munich Security Conference is a deep state milieu. Independent Dutch researcher Joël van der Reijden has said that it is “always hopelessly overlooked in conspiracy circles. Many visitors later show up in Western governments.”
Considering this, it makes sense why the widely publicised response to US Vice President JD Vance’s speech is to label it as “controversial” and why it drew sharp rebukes from European leaders, including German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, who called the speech “unacceptable.”
“We Gather at this conference, of course, to discuss security. And normally we mean threats to our external security. While the Trump Administration is very concerned with European security and believes that we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine … the threat I worry most about vis-à-vis Europe; is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor … [it’s] the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values shared with the United States of America,” Vance said.
He spoke about the importance of shared values, particularly democratic values. He cited the example of a former European commissioner who “sounded delighted” about the annulment of an election in Romania and warned that if things don’t go to plan the very same thing could happen in Germany. Vance finds this shocking.
He said that it is essential to live up to democratic values, rather than just talking about them. He referenced the Cold War where defenders of democracy fought against more tyrannical forces. He questioned whether the current actions of some European countries, such as cancelling elections, align with democratic values.
The Cold War’s outcome was positive. The opposing side did not value or respect the blessings of liberty including the freedom to surprise, make mistakes, invent and build. Innovation and creativity cannot be mandated, and people cannot be forced to think, feel or believe in certain ways, Vance said.
In today’s Europe, Vance is concerned about the state of freedom, with examples including the EU warning citizens that social media may be shut down during times of civil unrest due to “hateful content.”
In Germany, police raids against citizens suspected of posting anti-feminist comments online in the name of “combating misogyny on the internet, a day of action.”
In Sweden, a Christian activist was convicted for participating in Quran burnings that resulted in his friend’s murder. The judge in the Christian activist’s case noted that Sweden’s laws to protect free expression do not grant a “free pass” to do or say anything without a risk of offending the group that holds that belief.
Related: Man arrested after ‘burning Koran’ in central Manchester just days after Swedish anti-Islam activist shot dead, GB News, 1 February 2025
Most concerningly, is what is happening in the United Kingdom, Vance said. “The erosion of conscience rights had put the liberties of religious Britons, in particular, in the crosshairs,” he said. He cited the example of Adam Smith Connor, a physiotherapist and army veteran, being charged and found guilty of silently praying near an abortion clinic, which is now considered a crime under the government’s new “buffers law.”
“I wish I could say that this was a fluke. A one-off crazy example of a badly written law being enacted against a single person,” Vance said. But it’s not. The Scottish government has been distributing letters to citizens warning them that even private prayer within their own homes may be considered a crime if their homes are within “safe access zones” near abortion facilities and encouraging citizens to report suspected thought crimes. In other words, private prayer, within their own homes may be considered as breaking the law.
Related: Praying at home may be criminal offence in Scotland under new law, Christian Post, 12 October 2024
There are concerns that free speech is in retreat across Europe, and that censorship is being promoted. He spoke about censorship by the previous US administration under Joe Biden, which threatened and bullied social media companies to censor certain types of speech, including discussions about the origins of the coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2.
“So, I come here today not just with an observation but with an offer. And just as the Biden Administration seemed desperate to silence people for speaking their minds, so the Trump Administration will do precisely the opposite,” Vance said.
The current US administration, under Donald Trump’s leadership, is offering to work with European countries to promote free speech and protect it from censorship, and to create an environment where people can express their views without fear of retribution.
The situation has become so severe, Vance said, that Romania cancelled the results of its presidential election due to suspicions of Russian disinformation and pressure from neighbouring countries. The argument was that Russian disinformation had infected the Romanian elections but Vance questioned whether a democracy can be destroyed by a few hundred digital advertisements from a foreign country. If it can, he said, then that democracy was not strong to begin with.
Another sign that things have got very bad in Europe is that the organisers of the Munich Security Conference banned lawmakers representing populist parties from participating. These leaders represent important constituencies, Vance said, and should be included in dialogue.
“We don’t have to agree with everything or anything that people say … when political leaders represent an important constituency, it is incumbent upon us to at least participate in dialogue with them,” he said.
“To many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, it looks more and more like old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Soviet-era words like ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion, or God forbid, vote a different way or even worse win an election,” he said.
He continued, “I believe deeply that there is no security if you are afraid of the voices, the opinions and the conscience that guide your very own people … the 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. Nor for that matter is there anything that you can do for the American people who elected me and elected President Trump. You need democratic mandates to accomplish anything of value in the coming years.”
To enjoy competitive economies, affordable energy and secure supply chains, democratic mandates are necessary to make difficult choices, which can be accomplished by being more responsive to citizens’ voices, he explained.
A democratic mandate cannot be won by censoring opponents, putting them in jail or disregarding the electorate’s concerns on issues like who gets to be part of our shared society.
Mass migration is the most pressing and urgent challenge. Almost one in five people living in Germany have moved from abroad, which is an all-time high, and the number of immigrants entering the EU from non-EU countries doubled between 2021 and 2022.
The current migration situation is the result of a series of conscious decisions made by politicians over the past decade, and it has led to horrific events, such as the one that occurred in Munich on 13 February.
Related: Germany: Munich car ramming suspect had ‘Islamist motive’, Deutsche Welle, 14 February 2025
Voters on the continent did not vote to open the floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants. On the contrary, more and more people are voting for leaders who promise to put an end to out-of-control migration. Why? Because people care about their homes, their dreams, their safety and their capacity to provide for themselves and their children. And, importantly, they are smart.
At this point, Vance explained why people do not want the ideas flowing out of “a couple of mountains in Davos.”
Warning about the globalist aims of the World Economic Forum, Vance said, “The citizens of all of our nations don’t generally think of themselves as educated animals or as interchangeable cogs of a global economy. And it’s hardly surprising that they don’t want to be shuffled about or relentlessly ignored by their leaders.”
Dismissing people’s concerns, shutting down media or shutting people out of the political process protects nothing, but it is the surefire way to destroy democracy.
Speaking up and expressing opinions, even by influential people from outside the country, is not election interference. It is essential for democracy. No democracy, whether American, German or European, can survive by telling millions of voters that their thoughts, aspirations and concerns are invalid or unworthy of consideration. Democracy rests on the principle that the voice of the people matters.
European leaders have a choice to make, Vance said. Leaders do not need to be afraid of the future or the voices of the people, even when their opinions are surprising or disagreeable. By embracing the voices of the people, leaders can face the future with certainty and confidence, knowing that the nation stands behind them.
The true magic of democracy is not found in institutions or buildings, Vance said, but in the understanding that each citizen has wisdom and a voice that deserves to be heard. “If we refuse to listen to that voice, even our most successful fights will secure very little.”
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Vance is a Roman Catholic, as is Trump, I would trust him as far as I could throw a double decker bus.
Vance is a Roman Catholic BUT President Trump was a Presbyterian but now is a NON DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN, that is very good as Denominations like eg Anglican are as Close to Roman Catholics and wanted to join with them, but the Pope said NO! The Anglicans are really inclusive of Homosexuals and the genderism people BUT GOD SAID IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT HE WOULD GIVE THESE PEOPLE UP TO THEIR OWN LASCIVIOUSNESS AND WOULD NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. I would suggest compulsive reading is The Book Of Jude, just before The Book Of Revelations, there is the final INDICTMENT ON SUCH PEOPLE!
Hi Cynthia, the Church of England is similar to the Catholic Church. If I remember correctly it has its roots in or is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. Our local Church of England church building (230 odd years old) has lots of Jesuit symbolism displayed front and centre, in fact so much so I wouldn’t be surprised to discover the Jesuits built it. However, the Anglican Church is something different.
The Anglican Church is outside of England. The Church of England is associated with the Anglican Church but it is not the Anglican Church. Each Church (the norm is Anglican Churches are organised/structured at national level, i.e. an Anglican Church for each country) in the Global Anglican Communion is distinct and autonomous.
The Church of England’s decision to approve same-sex marriage for example, caused African Anglican Churches to, effectively, oust the Church of England from their Anglican Communion. Many African Anglican Churches hold the same conservative position regarding the LGBTQ+ agenda adopted by the Church of England. I don’t know what the stance is of Anglican Churches in the rest of the world.
https://religionnews.com/2023/02/16/we-cannot-walk-with-you-unless-you-repent-african-archbishops-tell-church-of-england/
The article below is interesting, however it makes the mistake of thinking that the Anglican Church equates to the Church of England and even goes as far as calling it the “Anglican Church in the UK” – which does not exist as there is no “Anglican Church in the UK.” Excluding other denominations e.g. Catholic, there is only the Church of England (which some Anglican Churches have denounced), the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), Church in Wales (autonomous province of the Global Anglican Communion) and the Church of Ireland (both outside the UK and inside the UK as it covers both Ireland and Northern Ireland and, as with all Anglican Churches worldwide, is an autonomous Anglican Church).
https://icfs.org.uk/the-future-of-the-anglican-church-a-schism-on-the-horizon/
It is important to note that King Charles III is the “supreme governor” of the Church of England only. He is not the head of the Churches of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Nor is he head of the Anglican Church. The same goes for woke ideologue Justin Welby who has recently been pushed out as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the top job in the Church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is not the head of any other Church in the UK or any Anglican Churches worldwide.
In short, the Church of England has more in common with the Catholic Church than it has with the Anglican Church.
That solitary upvote was from me, not sure why you didn’t get any more upvotes!
Hi Islander, I usually get multiple down votes regardless what I type, so an upvote is good going for me 🙂
Merit where its due!
People conflate the C of E with the Anglican Church, yet peculiarly they are the same, yet completely separate entities.
Anglican is a noun inextricably associated with England, so is it any wonder there is confusion here?
Why does a church in Africa now call itself Anglican? I guess it is because these long held traditions are hard, if not impossible to break free from?
The apostasy (prophesied in Scripture) set in upon the C of E’s abandonment of the Thirty Nine Articles; because of this it seceded from the Protestant Faith and is to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from the RCC.
Hi Islander, yes it is called Anglican because it came from England. But if you have the privilege of going to an African Anglican Church, for example, you will see both the similarities and the equally notable differences between the Church of England and an Anglican Church.
I have only seen Americans conflate the Church of England with the Anglican Church, as if they are one in the same. Everywhere else, where the Anglican Church is active, everyone seems to understand the difference. And many people also understand that the Church of England (often referred to as the High Church of/in England) is closer to Catholicism than to the Anglican Church – in fact I’ve heard Anglicans equating the Church of England to Roman Catholicism. I get the distinct impression that Anglicans (the parishioners) don’t see themselves as even remotely associated with the Church of England. You rarely hear Anglicans mention the Church of England. I myself didn’t realise until a few years ago that the Church of England was associated with (some) Anglican Churches, you wouldn’t know it by speaking to Anglicans.
I think also people wrongly assume the Anglican Church is structured the same way as the Catholic Church, where there is a church leader that sits atop the global church (the pope). But that’s not how the Anglican Church works.
Failing to control immigration?
They are funding, promoting and executing the mass invasion of the West.
Well said and absolute. It is over time to send those economic, mainly young men back to their own .countries. The maxim still exists, “East is East @nd West is West and NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET” Their view’s, thoughts, lifestyle, habits, religion are a complete opposite to we in the West, and time we were free to live our God-given lives in our own Country! Like President Trump round them up and fly them out before it gets impossibly worse! It may take the Right Wing Politicians to do it but don’t wring your hands over it you caused it to happen by your own inadequacies ALL OF YOU!
Thank you for this excellent reporting which deserves my continued support.
Hi Organic Consumer, thank you. And thank you for your support.
Hardly brilliant. Childishly hypocritical. Lecturing Europe on freedom of speech as Trump throws out students who protest in the name of justice for Palestine.
As to shared values, the Americans and Europeans have them as both support Israel’s genocidal slaughter of ethnic cleansing and blood-drenched proxy war against Russia.
Hamas should have surrendered before they let all those women and children get killed like that. It’s probably half a million dead, but they won’t admit it, it would make Hamas look bad. Now, Hamas is no longer politically viable, can only be destroyed, and can never lead the people in Gaza in any meaningful way again. Gaza is no longer inhabitable, and you won’t see anyone rush to rebuild the refugee camps, or the water lines. Old Gaza is gone.
The problem with the Palestinians is this: Nobody likes them, nobody wants them. And the Palestinian leaders never missed an opportunity to throw an opportunity away. Where were the Arabs all these years? The Lebanese would never allow Palestinians to be citizens, or even to work. Where have the Sunni princes been?
Hamas did one thing right, they broke a lot of eggs and forced the issue, so now comes scrambled eggs.
Finally, the Arab leaders are meeting to make a counterbalance to Trump and his crazy Gaza plans. I wish them well. We’re all tired of this. Anything would be better at this point.
𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞. In fact, the EU has been the kremlin’s best customer while playing the role of democracy’s great defender.
Now Trump wants to end the war & Starmer crys outrage.
Spare me.