Faced with the threat of a attachment of Greenland to the United States, “France will answer” assured Jean-Noël Barrot if the Ladynark came to “solicit the solidarity of the EU member states”.
“Trump will not have Greenland” assured the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lars Løkke Rasmussen from Copenhagen at the start of the week. A statement following the American president’s wish to attach Danish autonomous territory to the United States. For her part, Danish Prime Minister puts Frederiksen, announced this Tuesday that she had obtained support from Europe in the face of pressure from the American Republicans, and perhaps a little more.
“The message is very, very clear: it is absolutely necessary to respect the territory and the sovereignty of the States,” she said after her meeting with Emmanuel Macron. But that’s not all. She can also count on the support of Germany and her chancellor, Olaf Scholz. “The borders should not be moved by force,” he told Berlin during a meeting with Mette Frederiksen.
“This option is not ruled out,” says Jean-Noël Barrot
Greenland attracts lusts in particular for its important mining and oil reservations, beyond its situation strategic geography: between Russia and North America. Faced with threats, 14.6 billion crowns – which corresponds to around 2 billion euros – will be invested for defense and security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic by Denmark.
From there to imagine the deployment of European troops in the region, and therefore French? This option is not excluded by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot: “Why not, since we actually have a security question that is asked (…) the borders of theEuropean Union are not negotiable, “he explained this Tuesday at the microphone of Sud-Radio.
He continues: “We started talking about it with the Denmarkwhich was ready to think if our security interests are at stake. If Denmark requests the solidarity of the member states of the European Union, France will respond. On the other hand, for him, the invasion of Greenland by the States -Unis is not on the agenda, “it will not happen,” he said. , for Donald Trump, Greenland constitutes an “absolute necessity” for the national security of the United States and world freedom as he has already assured.