Denmark's sovereignty is an "essential issue" for the EU, the European Council President said in an interview on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to express interest in claiming Greenland for the United States.
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 US President Donald Trump has been issued with a stern warning that the EU is “ready to defend” Greenland. President Trump believes that the US is “going to have it” and has not ruled out taking Greenland by military force.
The Danish PM's tour of three capitals betrayed the nervousness felt in Denmark over Trump's repeated comments.
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.
Copenhagen is boosting its military spending and holding talks with European allies as Trump ramps up his expansionist rhetoric. #EuropeNews
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.
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 European Union’s top general has said the bloc should deploy troops to Greenland after Donald Trump suggested he could seize the territory...
"The United States will defend its interests, and Europe will defend its own interests – that is part of international relations," António Costa, the president of the European Council, told Euronews in an exclusive wide-ranging interview.
Donald Trump is doubling down on his plan to buy. A US takeover could weaken the country’s mining laws and ban on private property, aiding Trump tech donors’ plans to profit from the island’s mineral deposits and build a libertarian techno-city.