Vice President JD Vance is reportedly being lined up as the principal guest for the inaugural Breitbart Europe Summit in...

Vice President JD Vance is reportedly being lined up as the principal guest for the inaugural Breitbart Europe Summit in Athens, scheduled for mid-February 2027, according to a report by Directus citing sources at Breitbart News Network. The White House has not officially confirmed his participation. The summit is set to take place at the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens under the theme "Western Alliances and Strategic Convergence." The guest list is expected to include U.S. senators, House members, senior White House advisers and American business executives, alongside European political and business figures. Breitbart has previously hosted events attended by several Trump administration officials, among them Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Athens was selected as the location for Breitbart's first European event, a choice that reflects Greece's growing profile in American strategic planning. Breitbart Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle has also previously interviewed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The summit agenda is expected to center on U.S.-European relations, defense cooperation and challenges facing Western allies. The potential visit would follow a reported trip to Athens by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, placing Greece at the center of a pattern of high-level American engagement. Greece hosts the U.S. naval base at Souda Bay in Crete and the strategically important logistics hub at Alexandroupolis, both of which have taken on added significance in NATO defense planning in recent years. Athens is also pushing to expand its role as a regional energy hub through projects like the Great Sea Interconnector, which would link Greece and Cyprus with a planned extension toward Israel. Vance drew significant international attention at the 2025 Munich Security Conference, where he sharply criticized European leaders on democratic representation and restrictions on political speech. His appearance at a summit associated with the American conservative movement in Athens would put those debates back on the...