JD Vance confronts Europe on their censorship of free speech to their face | Eastern North Carolina Now

Vice President J.D. Vance used his speech at the Security Conference in Munich to chastise the European Union on the growing censorship of free speech there. Vance reminded them that freedom of speech is essential to democracy and that sometimes attacks on democracy come from within..  He called Europe's turn away from democracy and toward censorship "shocking."

"We must do more than talk about democratic values; we must live them," Vance declared as he cited cancellation of a European election and threats to cancel another as well as laws censoring the speech of voters.   Some European countries have used totalitarian "hate speech" laws to suppress free speech, while France and Germany have even criminalized average citizens criticism of politicians.  Vance compared these laws with communist practices during the Cold War.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14397163/JD-vance-Munich-europe.html

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/02/14/jd-vance-tells-europe-threat-from-within-greatest-risk-to-continent/

https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/14/european-leaders-horrified-after-jd-vance-rips-their-censorship-laws-and-mass-immigration-policies-at-munich-security-conference/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/02/14/jd-vance-munich-security-conference-speech-in-full/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2014623/jd-vance-brexit-munich-security-conference

Meanwhile, it has developed that the EU Commission, its top leadership which is unelected, diverted 130 million euros to pay to friendly media to influence last year's EU parliament election.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/brussels-accused-of-funneling-e130-million-to-media-to-influence-eu-election/