Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday firmly dismissed any foreign interference in German elections, following remarks by US Vice President JD Vance urging Europe to welcome far-right parties. France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, echoed the sentiment, stating that "no one can impose" their model on Europe.
Speaking on the same stage at the Munich Security Conference, the German chancellor pushed back against Vance's blistering speech from the previous day and defended Germany's taboo against including the far right in government coalitions.
