Europe is uniting in response to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris before a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Denmark is increasing military spending in the North Atlantic amid President Donald Trump’s bid to have Greenland sold or ceded to the United States.
The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, as part of the U.
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron that political leaders in Europe and beyond have given full backing to maintain respects for international borders.
It was a contentious, aggressive telephone call, five days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of the threat posed by hybrid warfare from Moscow after an underwater Baltic Sea cable was severed. Germany and Denmark's political leaders met on Tuesday in a show of unity amid concerns about Russian hybrid warfare in the Baltic Sea and possible US designs on the annexation of Greenland.
France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response to United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz highlights risks from Russia's shadow fleet amid undersea cable damage, stressing NATO's role in Baltic security.
The full line-up for the juries of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival have been revealed ahead of the event in the German capital next month. American filmmaker Todd Haynes is president of the International jury for the competition and will be joined by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco / France),
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warns Trump not to take territory by force as EU leaders prepare to discuss Greenland tensions at a Feb. 3 summit.
In the same poll, 45 percent of Greenlanders say they perceive Donald Trump's interest in Greenland as a threat, and only 8 per cent would accept a US passport if they had to decide right now whether they wanted Danish or American citizenship.