“The European Commission appears to have been snubbed in a statement from several member states defending Greenland, following renewed threats by Donald Trump to seize the autonomous Danish island.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, was not included in the statement, which was posted on Tuesday and instead signed by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, plus the United Kingdom and Greenland itself.
Aside from reaffirming the Nato alliance, the letter also stated that Greenland belongs to its people.
“It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,” it said.
“We are not in the habit of commenting on statements that have just been issued,” a European Commission spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday (6 January), when asked to explain the EU institutional absence from the letter.
She instead echoed past statements on upholding the territorial integrity of Greenland and the need to work with the United States.
And she refused to comment on statements from Stephen Miller, a top aide to Trump, who told CNN that nobody would challenge a US military-led takeover of Greenland, after it abducted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.” – EU Observer
JustWordsSnowflake on
“Everyone’s afraid of Trump”….. not us Canadians. 🇨🇦 We’d never let that orange turd take our country. And he’s feeling it hard now with their tourism in the gutters.
We stand with Greenland!!!! 🇬🇱.
PointKey2800 on
The EU is an economic fiscal and trade organization. While military cooperation exist, mostly nation states organize their own standing armed forces in relative (or NATO) isolation. Expecting them to make statement is like expecting the chamber of commerce to get involved when a loud mouthed drunk rapist is shouting in the street.
The_Last_Bohican on
Trump leads the Evil Empire now.
Bxyuser on
Trump wants to buy the whole world while his own home is a total mess . He can’t even take care of his own people, yet he’s out here trying to conquer Greenland. Clean up your own backyard buddy and stop playing boss over other countries while your own is falling apart
Wonderful-Pause1048 on
There are no factual reasons for Trump’s demand.
There is currently no need to make any fundamental changes to defense or security policy in Greenland. The agreements that the US has already concluded with Greenland and Denmark allow for everything that is necessary to improve security at the moment. There is no need for annexation.
silentprotagonist24 on
A country a day keeps Epstein away.
JackC1126 on
You wanna know the truth? Nobody is willing to or realistically can stand up to the US. Europe should’ve rearmed half a century ago.
Ravenblade727 on
Maybe smart – Trump is dealing with Europe at EU level really, they get to continue to maintain friendly overtones while the individual countries make their respective points. I very much doubt any of these countries would have actively snubbed the EU, this will just be how it was meant to land.
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doxxingyourself on
EU has no military relevance and this allowed the UK to join in. Pretty happy with that statement honestly.
_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN on
This is what happens when stupid people vote for an even stupider person to run the country.
Gentle_Snail on
>signed by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, plus the United Kingdom and Greenland itself.
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>Aside from reaffirming the Nato alliance, the letter also stated that Greenland belongs to its people.
Ocronus on
EU is an economic organization. It has no skin in the game for military issues.
devondawsonmma on
People in here arguing for the wrong reasons and it’s hopeless and terrible.
Bunch of brain-dead, brainwashed spineless desensitized cowards defending terrible actions and bragging how fast the U.S could take this country, that country. WAKE UP. Stop laughing about this, stop defending this.
I’m probably just talking to bots anyways.
Specialist-Copy-8002 on
European contries should start selling their American bonds and removing American military from their country
LunaticP on
Bruh
Pisnaz on
I love reading the same things in history repeating. Everyone is a fucking Chamberlin this time it seems.
buffs11 on
The EU/NATO issued a letter today advising Greenland belongs to Greenland and Denmark. As such both are part of NATO. Any interference in their affairs would be a violation of the treaty.
Sounds like the orange Russian asset is providing what he promised Putin.
Artificial-Brain on
Imagine if we have a world war because Americans decided they wanted a reality TV star as president.
It feels like things can’t get more ridiculous than this…
InBoemPang on
The EU doesn’t have a fucking military lmfao, what the fuck would they do?
Square_Answer_7717 on
The EU is not NATO
RipIntelligent6912 on
Why defend an “economic zone”?
bestuzernameever on
They should just announce they intend to rename Greenland to Epstein Island. tRump will never mention it again.
Awkward_War_6068 on
1. The EU is an economic and trade union and has very little power militarily, if any.
2. The major European military powers have already made a joint statement through the Danish Prime Minister’s Office that they support Denmark 100%.
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“The European Commission appears to have been snubbed in a statement from several member states defending Greenland, following renewed threats by Donald Trump to seize the autonomous Danish island.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, was not included in the statement, which was posted on Tuesday and instead signed by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, plus the United Kingdom and Greenland itself.
Aside from reaffirming the Nato alliance, the letter also stated that Greenland belongs to its people.
“It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,” it said.
“We are not in the habit of commenting on statements that have just been issued,” a European Commission spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday (6 January), when asked to explain the EU institutional absence from the letter.
She instead echoed past statements on upholding the territorial integrity of Greenland and the need to work with the United States.
And she refused to comment on statements from Stephen Miller, a top aide to Trump, who told CNN that nobody would challenge a US military-led takeover of Greenland, after it abducted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.” – EU Observer
“Everyone’s afraid of Trump”….. not us Canadians. 🇨🇦 We’d never let that orange turd take our country. And he’s feeling it hard now with their tourism in the gutters.
We stand with Greenland!!!! 🇬🇱.
The EU is an economic fiscal and trade organization. While military cooperation exist, mostly nation states organize their own standing armed forces in relative (or NATO) isolation. Expecting them to make statement is like expecting the chamber of commerce to get involved when a loud mouthed drunk rapist is shouting in the street.
Trump leads the Evil Empire now.
Trump wants to buy the whole world while his own home is a total mess . He can’t even take care of his own people, yet he’s out here trying to conquer Greenland. Clean up your own backyard buddy and stop playing boss over other countries while your own is falling apart
There are no factual reasons for Trump’s demand.
There is currently no need to make any fundamental changes to defense or security policy in Greenland. The agreements that the US has already concluded with Greenland and Denmark allow for everything that is necessary to improve security at the moment. There is no need for annexation.
A country a day keeps Epstein away.
You wanna know the truth? Nobody is willing to or realistically can stand up to the US. Europe should’ve rearmed half a century ago.
Maybe smart – Trump is dealing with Europe at EU level really, they get to continue to maintain friendly overtones while the individual countries make their respective points. I very much doubt any of these countries would have actively snubbed the EU, this will just be how it was meant to land.
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EU has no military relevance and this allowed the UK to join in. Pretty happy with that statement honestly.
This is what happens when stupid people vote for an even stupider person to run the country.
>signed by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, plus the United Kingdom and Greenland itself.
>
>Aside from reaffirming the Nato alliance, the letter also stated that Greenland belongs to its people.
EU is an economic organization. It has no skin in the game for military issues.
People in here arguing for the wrong reasons and it’s hopeless and terrible.
Bunch of brain-dead, brainwashed spineless desensitized cowards defending terrible actions and bragging how fast the U.S could take this country, that country. WAKE UP. Stop laughing about this, stop defending this.
I’m probably just talking to bots anyways.
European contries should start selling their American bonds and removing American military from their country
Bruh
I love reading the same things in history repeating. Everyone is a fucking Chamberlin this time it seems.
The EU/NATO issued a letter today advising Greenland belongs to Greenland and Denmark. As such both are part of NATO. Any interference in their affairs would be a violation of the treaty.
Sounds like the orange Russian asset is providing what he promised Putin.
Imagine if we have a world war because Americans decided they wanted a reality TV star as president.
It feels like things can’t get more ridiculous than this…
The EU doesn’t have a fucking military lmfao, what the fuck would they do?
The EU is not NATO
Why defend an “economic zone”?
They should just announce they intend to rename Greenland to Epstein Island. tRump will never mention it again.
1. The EU is an economic and trade union and has very little power militarily, if any.
2. The major European military powers have already made a joint statement through the Danish Prime Minister’s Office that they support Denmark 100%.
Denmark is a NATO member.