Russia's war on Ukraine was the focus of the Munich Security Conference, but US Vice President JD Vance barely mentioned it in his February 14 speech. Instead, he launched into a violent attack on European democracies. Calling on them to break the "firewall" with the far right and attacking European rules on civil liberties, Vance cast the US as an adversary of the rule of law, which has prevailed in Europe since 1945. Le Monde publishes this speech in full, with added context and explanation.

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