{"id":165485,"date":"2025-06-07T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/165485\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T17:12:09","slug":"frances-president-will-visit-greenland-in-a-show-of-eu-unity-danish-leader-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/165485\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s president will visit Greenland in a show of EU unity, Danish leader says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">COPENHAGEN, Denmark &#8212; French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greenland next weekend, the Danish prime minister\u2019s office said Saturday \u2014 a visit by a high-profile European Union leader in the wake of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenland-denmark-vance-visit-us-base-dd58fe169672042f803886da55ff3c0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. expressions of interest<\/a> in taking over the mineral-rich Arctic island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the French leader said they will meet in the semiautonomous Danish territory on June 15, hosted by Greenland\u2019s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The visit by Macron, whose nuclear-armed country has one of the EU&#8217;s strongest militaries, comes as U.S. President Donald Trump <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenland-denmark-vance-visit-us-base-834785773189f2f12ec6b09f8c5a9321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn\u2019t ruled out using force<\/a> to carry out his desire for the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenland-trump-climate-change-minerals-trade-bab5bb60ba52f6073f056fb271c43215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resource-rich and strategically located island<\/a> to become part of the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">While the issue of U.S. interest in Greenland has drifted from the headlines in recent weeks, Nielsen <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenland-trump-denmark-us-87b669843fc1edc2c40cea47e6a40043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in late April<\/a> that such comments by U.S. leaders have been disrespectful and that Greenland will never be \u201ca piece of property\u201d that anyone can buy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the statement Saturday, Frederiksen acknowledged the \u201cdifficult foreign policy situation in recent months\u201d but praised \u201cgreat international support\u201d for Greenland and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cPresident Macron\u2019s upcoming visit to Greenland is yet another concrete testament to European unity,\u201d she said, alluding to the membership of France and Denmark in the 27-member-country EU. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The three leaders were expected to discuss security in the North Atlantic and the Arctic, as well as issues of economic development, climate change and energy during the visit, her office said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COPENHAGEN, Denmark &#8212; 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