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Trump and Vance are courting Europe’s far right to spread their political gospel


US vice-president’s speech and meeting with Germany’s AfD chief signal administration’s wider plans for continent

The Trump administration is making a big bet on Europe’s hard right.

Speaking at a conference of Europe’s leaders in Munich on Friday, the US vice-president JD Vance stunned the room by delivering what amounted to a campaign speech against Germany’s sitting government just one week before an election in which the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim AfD is set to take second place.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/trump-vance-europe-far-right

Author : Andrew Roth, Global affairs correspondent

Publish date : 2025-02-14 23:14:00

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