US EditionMarco Rubio Speech Signals US-Europe Relations Are Bruised but Still Friendly
Marco Rubio criticized European trade, migration, and climate policies but affirmed US-European ties and shared goals at Munich's key security conference.
- At the Munich security conference, Marco Rubio delivered a closely watched keynote linking America's and Europe's destinies to a packed hall including Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Sir Keir Starmer.
- To answer whether America is still an ally, Rubio addressed doubts raised by last year's attacks from US Vice President JD Vance and recent tensions over tariffs and the Greenland controversy.
- Criticising European policies, Rubio condemned free trade, mass migration and green policies as a `climate cult`, while praising Shakespeare, Mozart and the Rolling Stones and urging cooperation on critical‑minerals supply chains.
- Audience reaction showed mixed reception, as applause was delayed but about half the audience stood to applaud, and Kaja Kallas, EU's top diplomat, said it reassured the transatlantic alliance was not dead.
- The speech's tone suggests a mix of cultural praise and sharp rhetoric drew muffled laughter and a sting in the tail, highlighting stakes for future US-Europe debates on trade, migration, climate and critical-minerals supply chains.
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Europe stands at a crossroads. To save itself and our cherished Transatlantic alliance, it must not only change policy but also recommit itself to the common inheritance of Western Civilization.That was the message Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered this weekend at the Munich Security Conference, in a defining foreign policy speech of our time. At an affair best-known for platitudes and navel-gazing, he diagnosed the roots of Europe’s decl…
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Key Points — In a sweeping civilizational address at the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reframed the transatlantic alliance as a bond of shared ancestry, faith, and culture — not a defense contract to be renegotiated. — Instead of scolding Europe over military budgets, Rubio delivered what amounted to a plea […]
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“The United States and Europe, we belong together,” the Secretary of State said, in a speech that struck a different tone to Vice President JD Vance’s one year earlier, but delivered essentially the same message.
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