From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
Frederiksen will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Brussels, during a whirlwind day of international diplomacy as Trump threatens to upend the polar security architecture.
BRUSSELS — For years, Germany and its austerity-loving allies were Europe’s fiscal buzzkills. Their motto was simple: No joint debt, no budgetary free-for-alls and absolutely no blank checks for Brussels.
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,
Danish PM Frederiksen, however, signalled she had "no reason to believe there is a military threat to Greenland or Denmark."
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says Paris is in talks with Copenhagen about sending troops to Greenland. Donald Trump would not take kindly to such a move.
Donald Trump's repeated threat to take control of Greenland one way or another has aroused a sense of alarm across Europe. View on euronews
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from European allies to stand up to Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland, as she tried to project unity while avoiding antagonizing the US president.
Denmark has requested that confrontational reactions to US President Trumps aggressive overtures be avoided according to the newspaper D
The European Commission has announced its intention to defend the EU's interests if the new U.S. President, Donald Trump, imposes the previously announced tariffs on the EU. "The agreement will make it easier to invest in each other's markets,