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France Warns Trump Against Threatening EU Sovereign Borders Amid Ongoing International Tensions
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has responded to comments made by US President-elect Donald Trump regarding the possibility of the US taking over Greenland. According to Barrot, the European Union would not allow any nation to attack its sovereign borders, suggesting that Greenland is under EU protection as an autonomous territory of Denmark. However, Barrot does not believe the US would invade Greenland, dismissing Trump's comments as a possibility. The EU's stance on the matter appears to be one of solidarity, with Germany also warning Trump against threatening sovereign borders.
In conjunction with the melting of the Arctic and new shipping lanes opening up, we are unfortunately also seeing an increase in great power rivalry. We see a Russia that is arming itself. We see a China that is also starting to take an interest.
We are a strong continent. We need to strengthen ourselves more.
There is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders, whoever they are.
The principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country – regardless of whether it is east of us or to the west – and every state must respect that, regardless of whether it is a small country or a very powerful state.
More than ever, we and our European partners need to be conscious, to get away from a form of naivety, to protect ourselves, to rearm.
Let me repeat it – Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders. Our future and fight for independence is our business. Danes, Americans and everyone else can have opinions, but we should not be caught up in the hysteria and pointing fingers at others. Because our future is ours and must be shaped by us.
These are people who feel they've been exploited. They haven't been treated fairly by Denmark. They're being held back from exploiting their natural resources, whether it's coal, uranium, rare earths, gold or diamonds. It's really a great place.
If Russia were to send missiles towards the US, the shortest route for nuclear weapons would be via the North Pole and Greenland.
Today, of special interest are the rare earth minerals, which have not yet been mined but are in the southern part of Greenland. These are immensely important in all kinds of technologies, from cell phones to wind turbines.
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sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.CNA News
- 3.BBC
- 4.CTV News
- 5.Le Monde
- 6.ABC News (Australia)
- 7.The New York Times
- 8.The Guardian
- 9.Al Jazeera
- 10.DW News
- 11.Agence France-Presse
- 12.Fox News
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Russian Foreign Policy
- 4.US Politics
- 5.French Foreign Policy
- 6.US-EU relations
- 7.Mining industry
- 8.US-Canada relations
- 9.Artic
- 10.Danish Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Canada
- 2.China
- 3.Germany
- 4.Denmark
- 5.France
- 6.Greenland
- 7.Mexico
- 8.Panama
- 9.Russian Federation
- 10.Ukraine
- 11.United States
organizations
- 1.European Union
- 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 3.European Commission
- 4.Inuit
- 5.Truth Social
- 6.66° North
- 7.Danish Broadcasting Corporation
- 8.Facebook
- 9.Folketing
- 10.Inatsisartut
- 11.Royal Danish Defence College
- 12.Social Democratic Party
persons
- 1.Donald Trump
- 2.Donald Trump Jr
- 3.Jean-Noel Barrot
- 4.Mette Frederiksen
- 5.Lars Løkke Rasmussen
- 6.Mute Egede
- 7.Olaf Scholz
- 8.Daniel Dale
- 9.Hans Egede
- 10.Jeffrey Gettleman
- 11.Maya Tekeli
- 12.Paula Pinho