U.S. Vice President Jay Di Wence, during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, accused European leaders of undermining democratic values \u200b\u200bdue to attempts to regulate the language of hatred and disinformation in social networks. At the same time, in his speech, he did not mention the war in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg.

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In particular, he called Germany's efforts to limit the activity of the ultra -right “alternative to Germany” anti -democratic, and also criticized the decision of the Romanian court to cancel the first round of the presidential election.

He rejected reports of Russia's interference in European elections.

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Shortly after Vincess’s performance, the German defense minister Boris Pistorius answered the US Vice President, calling his words "

" Ladies and gentlemen, this is unacceptable, ”Pistorius said.

Earlier, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset said that Europe cannot believe that American troops will be on the continent forever. He urged the EU to invest more in his own defense.