Officials respond to Vance's allegation European leaders quelch unconventional political views

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
European authorities criticized United States Vice President JD Vances speech on Friday, where hecame out swingingagainst European allies
for reducing totally free speech, losing control of migration, and declining to work with hard-right parties in federal government, CNN
reported.Vance began his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany stating the Trump administration thinks it can strike a
sensible settlement in between Russia and Ukraine, however said the hazard he worries most about in Europe is the danger from
within.Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko called Vances speech the overall embarrassment of all European leaders.I think this was among the
epoch-making speeches at the Munich conference, Goncharenko posted on Telegram Friday, keeping in mind that Vance stated nothing about the
war and Ukraine.This is a bad require us We remain in a very difficult situation, and nobody however us can help us, he said, including that
Vance announced that there is no such thing as the West anymore
There is the United States and its vassal, the European Union.German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius likewise called Vances diatribe versus
European leaders unacceptable.Speaking Friday at a separate occasion, Pistorius said he could not start his address the method he originally
intended to
If I comprehended him (Vance) properly, he compared conditions in parts of Europe with those in authoritarian programs That is unacceptable,
he said.I highly oppose the impression that Vice President Vance has actually created that minorities are being reduced or silenced in our
democracy, Pistorius added.Pistorius, who has been campaigning for Germanys Social Democratic Party (SPD) ahead of the nations federal
election on February 23, stated German democracy allows for a plurality of views, implying the reactionary Alternative for Germany (AfD) can
campaign similar to any other party.