European Union leaders on Thursday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to drop his tariff threats over Greenland but expressed reservations about getting involved in his Board of Peace project. After chairing an emergency summit called to reassess troubled ties with the Trump administration, EU Council President António Costa underlined
European leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief Thursday after President Donald Trump's climbdown over Greenland -- but with few illusions about the perilous state of transatlantic ties as they huddled for summit talks in Brussels. NATO chief Mark Rutte appeared to have pulled off a diplomatic coup by talking Trump down from his Greenland demands
Denmark's prime minister insisted that her country can't negotiate on its sovereignty on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed a "framework of a future deal" on Arctic security with the head of NATO. Trump on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the tariffs he had threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over
The United States and Denmark will renegotiate a 1951 defence pact on Greenland, a source familiar with talks between President Donald Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte told AFP Thursday. The source said that European allies would also step up Arctic security, but insisted that placing American bases on Greenland under US sovereignty had not been discussed
In the Arctic, the ice is melting – but trust is evaporating faster. Donald Trump’s threats to impose escalating tariffs on eight European nations – if they do not yield on Greenland – have shaken Europe. But while Trump is taking Europe’s measure by wielding a hammer, Europe has reached for a thermometer, treating the danger as fevered madness. And
President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he would not use force to do so while repeatedly deriding European allies and vowing that NATO should not try to block U.S. expansionism. In an extraordinary speech at the World Economic Forum, the president said he was asking
The European Union and US need to find a solution that protects the territorial integrity of Greenland but also addresses American security concerns, Robert Abela said on Wednesday. Abela was speaking on the eve of a European Council meeting that will see the EU’s 27 political leaders discuss the way forward as President Donald Trump continues to push
President Donald Trump demanded immediate talks on acquiring Greenland in a hardline speech at Davos Wednesday, but said that while the United States possessed "unstoppable force" it would not use it to take the Arctic island from Denmark. Trump's quest to take control of Greenland, which he said was needed for national and international security,
U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland and slap tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe's security, principles and prosperity, a top EU official said on Wednesday. "All these three dimensions are being tested in the current moment of transatlantic relations," European Council President António Costa said. He has convened
How does one respond to the outrageous demands of a megalomaniacal US president?The US has no right to make any claims upon the territory of one of its staunchest allies, Denmark. Denmark was one of the countries in Scandinavia, together with Norway, that stood up courageously against the tyranny of the Nazi expansion during World War II. The Danes,