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Greenland”s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen holds a press conference in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan 5, 2026. [Photo\/Agencies] <\/p>\n
European leaders have voiced their objection after US President Donald Trump again raised the prospect of annexing Greenland, amid mounting alarm over Washington’s actions abroad.<\/p>\n
Trump reiterated his territorial ambitions on Sunday, telling European allies, “We do need Greenland, absolutely.”<\/p>\n
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen dismissed the idea of US control over the island as a “fantasy”, while Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said annexation would make “absolutely no sense”.<\/p>\n
They were supported by Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, who wrote on X: “No one decides for Greenland and Denmark but Greenland and Denmark themselves. Our Nordic friend Denmark and (Frederiksen) have our full support.”<\/p>\n
Frederiksen said on Monday that a US takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of NATO.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said: “Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. And since Denmark is a member of NATO, Greenland will, in principle, also be subject to NATO defense.”<\/p>\n
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, emphasized the principles of international law and the UN Charter. “Members of the UN Security Council have a particular responsibility to uphold those principles, as a pillar of the international security architecture,” she said on X.<\/p>\n
Jian Junbo, director of the Center for China-Europe Relations at Fudan University in Shanghai, said: “Apparently, Trump is pushing for US hegemony in the Western Hemisphere in a revival of the Monroe Doctrine or any other excuse. Facing such a giant, it’s never a waste to take better care of territories.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Greenland”s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen holds a press conference in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan 5, 2026. [Photo\/Agencies] European…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187],"class_list":{"0":"post-679215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115852117591487272","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}