The painful questions for Nato and the EU if Trump takes Greenland
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Key Points:
- At a recent Paris meeting on Ukraine peace efforts, European leaders faced tension due to US President Trump's renewed threats to acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, citing national security concerns amid alleged Russian and Chinese presence.
- Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, pressured by both US envoys and European colleagues, emphasized that Greenland's future is a matter solely for Denmark and Greenland, while a limited joint statement reaffirmed NATO's collective security role in the Arctic.
- European responses to Trump's Greenland ambitions have been cautious and divided, with major EU powers reluctant to confront the US directly, exposing Europe's broader strategic weakness and dependence on Washington for security.
- Experts warn that unilateral US action on Greenland could fracture NATO and pose an existential crisis for the EU, highlighting
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