Zelenskyy calls for European army as Germany hits back at US over Vance tirade – Europe live

<p>Olaf Scholz says Germany ‘will not accept’ people who ‘intervene in our democracy’ after US vice-president’s speech in Munich</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/jd-vance-stuns-munich-conference-with-blistering-attack-on-europes-leaders">JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/jd-vance-munich-speech-laid-bare-collapse-transatlantic-alliance-us-europe">Analysis: Vance’s speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance</a></li></ul><p>Agence France-Presse has some more on <strong>Olaf Scholz</strong>’s comments today at the <strong>Munich Security Conference</strong>.</p><p>On <strong>Ukraine</strong>, the <strong>German</strong> chancellor said:</p><p>We will also not accept any solution that leads to a decoupling of European and American security. Only one person would benefit from this: President Putin.</p><p>We Europeans will represent these interests confidently and unitedly in the upcoming negotiations.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/15/russia-ukraine-war-munich-security-conference-jd-vance-zelenskyy-putin-europe-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>