We Europeans need to do more

defence Minister von der Leyen outlined their Version of a Nato of the future. Keep track of the 55. Security conference in the live stream.

The TRANS-Atlantic relations, the growing tensions between Russia and the West, and the crises in the Middle East are the main themes of this year’s Munich security conference. About 30 heads of state and government, and about 90 Ministerial meeting of the world’s most important security experts in the Bavarian state capital expected. Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) opened the conference on Friday. It calls for a common arms export policy of the Europeans: “We Europeans need to do more.” Urgent clarity needed to be created.

the climax of the Speeches of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be on Saturday. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been canceled.

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