By Andreas Rinke and Ingrid Melander MUNICH (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a strong rebuke on Saturday to U.S. Vice President JD Vance's attack on Europe's stance toward hate speech and the far right,

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday blasted Vice President JD Vance for his support of the far right in the country that gave rise to Adolf Hitler, accusing the American vice president of interfering in domestic affairs less than 10 days before national elections.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected “outside” interference in German elections, insisting that they would decide their democracy for themselves, as he hit back at comments made by the US Vice President the day before.