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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

Trump and Vance are courting Europe’s far right to spread their political gospel

JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany.
JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Photograph: Matthias Schräder/AP

The Trump administration is making a big bet on Europe’s hard right.

Speaking at a conference of Europe’s leaders in Munich on Friday, the US vice-president JD Vance stunned the room by delivering what amounted to a campaign speech against Germany’s sitting government just one week before an election in which the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim AfD is set to take second place.

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