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Welcome to Euronews’ live coverage of the Munich Security Conference, bringing you the latest updates from three days of debate between the world’s top international security figures.
Today’s conference opens with a speech by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, one of multiple European heads of state or government who will attend.
Among the other guests are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is bringing with him a large US delegation one year after Vice President JD Vance shocked European leaders with a lecture on the state of democracy in Europe.
All eyes this year will be on how Washington will show up after a year of White House policies that have strained the transatlantic relationship. Stay tuned for more.