Greenland should consider rejoining the European Union for “protection” in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to acquire the Arctic island, Danish MEP Morten Løkkegaard said Wednesday. While Løkkegaard said Greenland’s future was ultimately for Greenlanders to decide, he argued it was time for “some kind of new thinking.”
The EU and Nato have taken a vow of silence over Greenland after Denmark requested its key allies refrain from reacting to Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Arctic island. Copenhagen’s strategy of avoiding public confrontation with Trump,
Despite dark and turbulent times, Kaja Kallas struck an optimistic note in an interview with DW's Alexandra von Nahmen. Not even Donald Trump's Greenland aspirations have her too fazed.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday that Europe is “not negotiating” with the United States over control of Greenland, as President Trump continues to insist that acquiring the self-governing territory of Denmark is necessary for American national security.
EU politicians have threatened to deploy European troops to Greenland and refused to negotiate with Trump over his plans to buy the island. Denmark has announced a multi-billion dollar boost to
The Danish PM's tour of three capitals betrayed the nervousness felt in Denmark over Trump's repeated comments.
The Danes have not asked for it, but the Dutch Cabinet still wants to “express solidarity with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,” said Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Affairs) in a parliamentary debate on the upcoming EU formal summit.
The European Union is "not negotiating" on Greenland, EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday, amid claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States needs to control Greenland for security purposes.
The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with Germany's Welt am Sonntag published on Saturday,
Following a "fiery" call between the 47th President and the Danish leader, prior to the January 20 inauguration ceremony in Washington, Mr Trump has doubled down on his desire to claim Greenland for the US. "I think we're going to have it," Trump said over the last weekend.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that President Donald Trump's offer to buy Greenland is “not a joke”, adding that acquiring the semi-autonomous Danish territory was in the US “national interest”.