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Vice President J.D. Vance met with European allies at the Munich Security Conference as he discussed the criticism of European governance, particularly with regard to the treatment of anti-establishment groups. The fight Vice President JD Vance recently ...

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Munich – U.S. Vice President JD Vance met the leader of a German far-right party during a visit to Munich on Friday, nine days before a German election. During his visit he lectured European leaders about the state of democracy and said there is no place ...