The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that a speech by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security conference felt as if the United States was 'trying to pick a fight' with Europe.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, attends a meeting with United States Vice-President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States

In an impassioned speech to the annual Munich Security Conference of global policymakers, Zelenskiy said an address by U.S. Vice President JD Vance the previous day had made clear the relationship between Europe and the United States was changing.

United States Vice-President JD Vance, right, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany,

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Vice President JD Vance's speech Feb. 14 at the Munich Security Conference was not merely the most important speech the precocious young second-in-command has delivered in his political career. It was also a speech that encapsulates an entire geopolitical era — that of a return to prudence,

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Ukrainian-American negotiations with the participation of US Vice President Jay Dee ended Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the head of the Kiev regime,

MUNICH (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that a speech by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security conference felt as if the United States was 'trying to pick a fight' with Europe.

"Trump and Vance cannot merely be accused of appeasing dictators and far-right extremists," writes one reader. "It’s something even worse."

JD Vance delivered uncomfortable truths in Europe. But free speech is sacrosanct to the American idea, so it underpins how America approaches policy in Europe.