Charlotte Gallagher

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The Munich Security Conference in Germany, bringing together more than 50 international leaders, has got underway, with Europe's relationship with the US under the spotlight.

It's the first such meeting since President Trump threatened to take control of Greenland, a move widely condemned by Washington's European allies.

Last year, the US Vice President J.D.

Vance caused uproar with his speech in Munich, slamming Europe for its policies on migration and free speech.

This year, the American delegation is being led by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Speaking on the tarmac before leaving Washington, Mr. Rubio said he would be direct in his discussions with America's European and NATO allies.

While the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has opened the conference, his address emphasised just how much the international order has changed.

You've chosen a grim motto for this conference, under destruction.

And it probably means that the international order based on rights and rules is destroyed.

currently being destroyed.

But I'm afraid we have to put it in even harsher terms.

This order, as flawed as it has been even in its heyday, no longer exists.

Our security correspondent Frank Gardner is in Munich.

This is, I think, one of the most crucial Munich security conferences that I've been to, and I've been coming to this for a very long time.

Last year, we had the kind of bombshell speech from J.D.

Vance, the U.S.

vice president, which everyone was expecting him to talk about security, instead of which he laid into Europe for its policies on migration and free speech.

This year, we've got Marco Rubio, who's leading a very big, in fact, the biggest ever U.S.

delegation.