Munich Security conference head defends inviting German far-right party


BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The head ‌of the Munich Security Conference defended a decision to invite the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to this ‌year's meeting in February after repeated U.S accusations that European states and institutions were suppressing free speech.

The ‌annual gathering of security experts and policymakers comes at a time of exceptional uncertainty for Europe, as its leaders struggle to adjust to the upending of decades of trans-Atlantic policy assumptions by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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