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EU leaders gather to chart a new course for transatlantic ties after Trump threats over Greenland

EU leaders convened to defend sovereignty and coordinate responses after US President Trump’s Greenland threats, with unity seen as key to managing future transatlantic challenges.

  • 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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A short majority of people surveyed in seven European Union countries consider U.S. President Donald Trump to be “an enemy of Europe,” according to a poll published this Friday by the French geopolitics magazine El Grand Continent.

Half of Europeans surveyed in seven European Union (EU) countries consider US President Donald Trump an "enemy of Europe", according to a poll published on Friday.

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