Vice President JD Vance Meets with Alice Weidel, Leader of German Far-Right Party Backed by Elon Musk

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US Vice President JD Vance meets German far-right leader as he criticizes 'firewalls' in Europe

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 and after lecturing European leaders about the state of democracy.

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US Vice President Vance meets far-right AfD’s leader ahead of Germany snap elections

US Vice President JD Vance met with the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Germany’s far-right party which previously saw backing from billionaire Elon Musk.

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J.D. Vance snubs German anti-immigration party leader

Vice President J.D. Vance held talks with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), at the Munich Security Conference after crictizing organizers for not inviting members of her party. 'The organizers of this very conference have banned lawmakers representing populist parties on both the left and the right from participating in these conversations,' he added.

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Vance Meets With Leader of German Far-Right AfD Party

Vice President JD Vance met on Friday with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. A spokesperson for Weidel confirmed the meeting, saying the pair discussed the Ukraine war, German domestic policy and freedom of speech. Migrant shelters in Texas that previously housed nearly 1,000 people a day at the height of the border crisis are now al . . .

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US vice-president makes clear his country's global security priorities. He says the threat to Europe is not Russia, it's not China, or any other external actor. It's Russia's open military and violent designs on Europe, he says. The only people who will benefit from this are the far-right, he adds.

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Vance meets with leader of far-right German political party backed by Musk

JD Vance meets with leader of far-right German political party backed by Musk. Earlier in the day he blasted Europe over immigration and censorship of free speech. Vance met with the leaders of all four major German political parties, a person familiar with the meeting said. It was not immediately clear what Vance and Weidel discussed.

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JD Vance meets leader of German far-right AfD party

JD Vance meets Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) The pair discuss the Ukraine war, German domestic policy and freedom of speech. Earlier Vance backed the AfD as an eligible political partner in remarks rebuffed by Berlin as unwelcome interference in an upcoming election.

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JD Vance Escalates Conflict With Europe in Alarming Speech at Munich

U.S. Vice President JD Vance ripped European leaders in a speech at the Munich Security Conference Friday. Vance downplayed Russia as nothing to worry about compared to “the threat from within.” He went on to accuse European courts and officials of “canceling elections,” in a reference to Romania’s recent election and Germany”s upcoming election.

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Vance Meets AfD Leader After Scolding Europe on Far Right

JD Vance met with Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. Mainstream German parties say they won't work with the party, which polls have in second place going into the election. Vance had defended nationalist parties in his speech at the Munich Security Conference.

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JD Vance Met With Far-Right German Leader Alice Weidel

JD Vance meets with Alice Weidel, co-chair of Germany's far-right, anti-immigrant party. Weidel’s party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has been designated by the German domestic intelligence service as a “suspected extremist” organization since 2021.

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with the leader of the neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that "a commitment to 'never again' is not reconcilable with support for the AfD" Vance did not explicitly mention AfD, but declared that "there is no room for firewalls"

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JD Vance met with the leader of Germany’s far-rightAlternative für Deutschlandparty, breaking a taboo in German politics. The meeting was not the first contact between the party and a figure close to Donald Trump. Elon Musk, the billionaire now leading a purge of the US federal government, has repeatedly claimed that “only the AfD can save Germany.

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Vance cozies up to Germany's far-right, scolds E.U. leaders for not engaging with extremists

JD Vance met with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany. Vance scolded European leaders for not engaging with extremists. Weidel is poised to help shape whatever coalition winds up being formed out of the election. Vance was on his first international trip as vice president this week.

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Vance meets leader of ‘firewalled’ German party backed by Musk

US Vice President J.D. Vance met with Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany’s ‘firewalled’ Alternative for Germany (AfD) Vance was in the country to attend the annual Munich Security Conference. Meeting reportedly lasted about half an hour and focused on the Ukraine conflict, German domestic policies, and freedom of speech.

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