As US vice-president JD Vance this week asserted that Europe itself — more than Russia or China — had turned into a threat to democratic values, Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius grew visibly irritated.
“This is unacceptable,” he was heard blurting out from the audience.
The European leaders, generals and intelligence chiefs gathered at the annual Munich Security Conference were anxiously awaiting clarification on vital questions such as how to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, contain Vladimir Putin’s hybrid warfare and beef up the transatlantic alliance.
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