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DENMARK: PM Urges European Unity Amid Trump Push For Greenland

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Speaking alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, PM Mette Frederiksen calls for "an even more united Europe and for more cooperation" in the face of US President Donald Trump's call for Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States. Frederiksen did not mention Greenland by name, instead raising the threat to European security posed by Russia's hybrid attacks. Frederiksen: "We need a stronger and a more resolute Europe standing increasingly in its own right, [...[ I think we have to take more responsibility for our own security…Europe, our continent, is based on the idea of that cooperation rather than confrontation will lead to peace, to progress, to prosperity, "

  • A 'fiery' call between Frederiksen and Trump last week has further raised concerns in Copenhagen and Brussels that a major US effort to gain control of Greenland may not be a pipe dream or bargaining chip, but a core policy aim for the Trump White House.
  • Scholz also did not mention Trump or the Greenland issue directly. Instead, speaking about the war in Ukraine, Scholz said "The inviolability of borders is a fundamental principle of international law." He went on to say "The principle must apply to everyone...Borders must not be moved by force," before adding in English "To whom it may concern."
  • After talks with Scholz, Frederiksen will travel to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, and then hold talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels in the afternoon. 
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Speaking alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, PM Mette Frederiksen calls for "an even more united Europe and for more cooperation" in the face of US President Donald Trump's call for Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States. Frederiksen did not mention Greenland by name, instead raising the threat to European security posed by Russia's hybrid attacks. Frederiksen: "We need a stronger and a more resolute Europe standing increasingly in its own right, [...[ I think we have to take more responsibility for our own security…Europe, our continent, is based on the idea of that cooperation rather than confrontation will lead to peace, to progress, to prosperity, "

  • A 'fiery' call between Frederiksen and Trump last week has further raised concerns in Copenhagen and Brussels that a major US effort to gain control of Greenland may not be a pipe dream or bargaining chip, but a core policy aim for the Trump White House.
  • Scholz also did not mention Trump or the Greenland issue directly. Instead, speaking about the war in Ukraine, Scholz said "The inviolability of borders is a fundamental principle of international law." He went on to say "The principle must apply to everyone...Borders must not be moved by force," before adding in English "To whom it may concern."
  • After talks with Scholz, Frederiksen will travel to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, and then hold talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels in the afternoon.