Public sector workers and ground staff at Munich Airport will go on a two-day strike starting Thursday after wage negotiations ended without result, the Verdi union said on Monday.

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

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,

Jonathan Turley praised VP Vance for his Munich Security Conference address, criticizing European free speech laws, criticizes response from CBS anchor Margaret Brennan.

Vance's speech underscored the growing chasm in those values. The United States, especially since Jan. 20, prizes free speech; Europeans increasingly do not. The United States, at least since Jan. 20, once again prizes sovereignty and nationhood; European elites increasingly do not.

Vice President JD Vance set off a firestorm in Munich when he chastised European leaders for their hostility toward free speech, their democratic deficit and their poorly conceived immigration policies.

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.

The day after Vance’s lecture, the president of the United States declared himself a national savior who doesn’t have to worry about little things like laws when he’s busy saving the country. Whatever inspired that tweet—which,

Europe should recognise that the current strains in U.S.-EU relations are not just the result of an unpredictable American administration but also of Europe’s own unresolved contradictions

Munich Security Conference (MSC) between February 14 and 16 highlighted the deepening geopolitical divisions and shifting power dynamics.

Vance made clear in his speech and in his meeting with AfD co-leader Alice Weidel that the Trump administration is more than comfortable with this trend. Whether Vance’s meeting with AfD helps or hurts the party in next weekend’s elections in Germany remains to be seen.

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