PARIS — France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response to United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
France is considering sending troops to Greenland in response to claims by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the island. Information about the potential deployment of troops to Greenland was shared by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot in an interview with "Sud Radio.
Europe is uniting in response to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris before a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, as part of the U.
The Danish PM's tour of three capitals betrayed the nervousness felt in Denmark over Trump's repeated comments.
PARIS (AFP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday said she had received support from European leaders as she sought backing to counter U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland.
In 2023, the country failed to finish in the top three as Denmark won the Bocuse d’Or, a fine-dining competition. This year, France reclaimed the crown.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security interests stemming from growing concerns about Chinese activity and influence in the Arctic and in Latin America.
The Danish model delivered around €590 million of locally manufactured weapons to Ukraine in 2024, the Danish Ministry of Defence says. The Danes are among the top military aid donors to Ukraine in absolute terms, behind the U.S., Germany and the U.K., according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy’s Ukraine Support Tracker.
The ability to protect deployed troops against drones is considered a prerequisite for land combat operations in the future.
The renewed effort to beef up Arctic capabilities follows a flurry of comments from US President Donald Trump threatening to buy Greenland and increase tariffs on Danish goods.