When JD Vance stood before European leaders in Munich this past February, warning that free speech was "in retreat" across the West, his remarks were met with audible discomfort in the room. The ...

MUNICH, Germany—The terms “wakeup call” and “shock treatment” have been overused in debates about European security and the trans-Atlantic alliance over the past few years. As fitting as these ...

American officials are waging a multifront attack on Europe’s approach to free speech. This month, a congressional delegation traveled to Dublin, Brussels, and London to probe and decry European ...

Addressing the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, Vice President JD Vance condemned European governments over their increasing restrictions on free speech. Let’s be clear: the Trump ...

Speech by European Council President Charles Michel at the handover ceremony with the incoming President António Costa 18:00 In his handover speech in front of the press and Council staff, President ...

London — President Donald Trump claimed that Europeans are losing their “wonderful right of freedom of speech.” Elon Musk told a far-right rally in London that Britons are “scared to exercise their ...

This month, I testified before the U.S. Congress to deliver a warning every American should hear: Europe’s Digital Services Act is not just some distant European law. This is a censorship framework ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance sent shockwaves across Europe in February when he used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to say that free speech is "in retreat" across the continent. The event ...

The greatest threat to Europe isn’t China, Russia, or some other external actor; it’s “the retreat of Europe from… fundamental values” like the freedom of speech. That was Vice President Vance’s ...

Vice President JD Vance is representing the Trump administration in Europe. And the Munich Security Conference kicked off today with a speech by Vance. While European leaders were hoping to hear more ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock or disturb." However, its stance on hate speech is not in ...