Organisers of the Munich Security Conference said they would invite politicians from Alternative for Germany (AfD) to its next meeting in February, having blackballed the populist-right party for the past two years. The conference is Europe’s most important defence gathering. America’s vice-president, J.D. Vance, condemned the exclusion of the populist-right at a speech at this year’s conference. A spokesperson for MSC declined to explain the new policy, saying only that the event was run by a “private, independent foundation” and “under no obligation to anyone to issue invitations to its events”. “It was decided to invite members of parliament from all parties represented in the Bundestag”, in particular members of the foreign affairs and defence committees, the spokesperson said. “The same principle applied before 2024.”
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Organisers of the Munich Security Conference said they would invite politicians from Alternative for Germany (AfD) to its next meeting in February, having blackballed the populist-right party for the past two years. The conference is Europe’s most important defence gathering. America’s vice-president, J.D. Vance, condemned the exclusion of the populist-right at a speech at this year’s conference. A spokesperson for MSC declined to explain the new policy, saying only that the event was run by a “private, independent foundation” and “under no obligation to anyone to issue invitations to its events”. “It was decided to invite members of parliament from all parties represented in the Bundestag”, in particular members of the foreign affairs and defence committees, the spokesperson said. “The same principle applied before 2024.”
