The Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, has claimed that European countries are at risk of ‘engaging in civilizational suicide.’
According to Vance, this is due to European nations’ inability to control their borders and their increasing restrictions on free speech for their citizens.
He made these remarks in a recent interview with Fox News.
“Europe is at risk, I think, of creating, of engaging in civilizational suicide,” Vance said.
“They are unable to or unwilling – too many countries – to control their borders.
“You see them starting to push back against that, and good. That is a good thing.
“You see them starting to limit the free speech of their own citizens, even as those citizens are protesting against things like the border invasion.
“That [protest sentiment] got Donald Trump and a number of European leaders elected.”
Vance’s comments have sparked discussions on immigration policies and free speech regulations in Europe, with reactions from various political groups and policymakers expected in the coming days.