One European minister present in the hall stated in a comment to the outlet that regarding U.S.-EU relations, "nothing has changed."
"If you break something, it's not that easy to glue it back together," he said.
"It's good that he [Rubio] reached out instead of poking in the eye... but nothing has changed."
A high-ranking diplomat said that the "real message" from the U.S. to the EU is Rubio's visit to Slovakia and Hungary, which are problematic for the EU due to their governments' positions. The Secretary of State has already arrived in Budapest.
Conservative German MP from the CDU/CSU Roderich Kiesewetter stated that in reality, Rubio does not support the EU and has a "very nationalistic view of Europe."
Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) President Alina Polyakova noted that "Rubio received an ovation, but behind closed doors Europeans say there is no going back because the Greenland fiasco cut to the bone."
At the same time, she sees a positive aspect in this — the EU will become more pragmatic.
A German government source stated that, essentially, Rubio repeated statements by U.S. Vice President JD Vance regarding the "decline of Western civilization" and migration. However, the source noted Rubio signaled that the U.S. remains in NATO.
Another high-ranking European minister present in the hall said that "Rubio is the best we can get from the American administration. But he still made it quite clear that transatlantic relations, if not destroyed, have significantly changed compared to how they were."
Politico earlier reported that at the Munich Security Conference, representatives of President Donald Trump's administration showed a friendlier, even benevolent tone toward European allies. However, the content of the signal remained uncompromising: join Washington's campaign to reshape the world or do not interfere, the article states.
On Feb. 14, a meeting took place on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Zelenskyy later reported that during the meeting with Rubio, he informed him about the situation on the front and Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy system. Protection of Ukrainian citizens from the cold after Russian strikes was also discussed. The diplomatic process and trilateral meetings were discussed in detail, the Ukrainian President said.
Rubio, for his part, commenting on the meeting, reported that they discussed "Ukraine's security and deepening defense and economic partnership." U.S. President Donald Trump "wants to find a solution that will end the bloodshed once and for all," the U.S. Secretary of State emphasized.