US EditionEU leaders gather to chart a new course for transatlantic ties after Trump threats over Greenland
EU leaders held an extraordinary summit to coordinate a united response after US threats on Greenland, with 81% of Europeans viewing military action there as an act of war, a survey found.
- In Brussels Thursday, EU leaders held an extraordinary summit to address US threats over Greenland and tariffs, convening the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member states amid a transatlantic crisis.
- President Donald Trump threatened military action in Davos before announcing a claimed 'framework' agreement after talks, having warned he might use excessive strength and force, which alarmed Europe.
- A seven-country poll of 7,498 adults found 51% call Donald Trump, U.S. President, an enemy of Europe, 73% back EU defence autonomy, and 63% support troops defending Greenland.
- EU leaders warned they would use trade tools and vowed to defend their interests, with António Costa saying `The goal remains the effective stabilisation of the trade relations between the European Union and the US`, as the EU considered sanctions on US exports worth �93 billion — about $160 billion.
- A source said the 1951 defence pact on Greenland may be renegotiated, as NATO officials indicated forces are ready to do more in the Arctic with political guidance.
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What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis
As if the Europeans needed another wake-up call about the contempt in which President Trump holds them, his mocking antipathy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was a good reminder. But Davos presented another lesson to Europe. Standing together on the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty, while warning of severe economic countermeasures, the Europeans achieved an apparent retreat from Mr. Trump over Greenland. Sove…
Brussels If Donald Trump himself were to say it, Europe is on the brink of an abyss. Lost. Swamped and ruled by a political elite that has lost touch with ordinary people and has failed to ...
Last year has shown a fundamental change in the transatlantic relationship. What was once trade disputes or diplomatic differences has become, under the current US Administration, a systematic policy of coercion, a constant violation of international law. Pressure on Greenland is nothing more than the latest episode of Donald Trump’s will to dominate: let us not forget the unilateral imposition of arbitrary tariffs, or his proximity to Vladimir …
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