""A rift has opened up between Europe and the United States. Vice President JD Vance said this very openly here in Munich a year ago," Merz said."
""He was right. The culture war of the MAGA movement is not ours," Merz said, referring to US President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan."
""Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech goes against human dignity and the constitution. We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade.""
A new trans-Atlantic partnership is necessary as no single power, including the United States, can go it alone in an increasingly dangerous era of great-power rivalry. A rift has opened between Europe and the United States over free speech, migration and trade approaches. European policy rejects the MAGA-style culture war and asserts limits on speech that conflicts with human dignity and constitutional protections. Europe favors free trade over tariffs and protectionism. US visa bans, tariffs and proposals like the Greenland acquisition have alarmed European capitals, but European solidarity, particularly with Denmark, remains strong. The international rule-based order is eroding and freedoms are endangered as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.
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