French president visits Greenland in solidarity with Trump interest

French president visits Greenland in solidarity with Trump interest

The French President Emmanuel Macron will land in Greenland to to strengthen European support for the Danish territory, which continues to prevent trump administration attempts to do it for the United States to acquire . This is the first visit to a foreign head of the state on the resource-rich island since the beginning of US President Donald Trump ’s campaign to buy or annex Greenland that he needs for national security purposes.

goals of the visit

A source from the Élysée Palace said that the visiting the French President had "a dimension of European solidarity and the strengthening of sovereignty and territorial integrity". However, the trump administration threats was not discussed to buy Greenland or to take over. Macron's visit will also deal with Arctic security, climate change and the economic development of Greenland.

Visit to the largest island in the world

During his stay on the largest island in the world, the French head of state will visit a glacier, a hydropower plant and a Danish warship near the capital of Nuuk of the semi -autonomous area, as the Élysée reported. Macron emphasized on June 9 during an opening speech at an UN conference on the oceans in Nice, France: "The depths are not for sale, just as little as Greenland, the Antarctic or the Hohe Lake."

Trump's ambitions and German reactions

Trump's intentions regarding Greenland are certainly also present in Macron's thoughts, since he visited Greenland together with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the political leader of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen. The French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said in January that Paris "started to discuss the use of French troops) with Denmark", but did not want to progress.

actions by the US government and Denmark reactions

Trump has shown several interest in the purchase of the island or expressed the idea of ​​taking Greenland through military or economic forced measures, even if the NATO allied Denmark and Greenland have clearly rejected this idea. Last month, the US President renewed his threat of using military violence to annex the area.

military presence and future developments

US Vice President JD Vance also made a stop in Greenland at the end of March to visit American troops. During this trip, he vividly spoke out for a US control over the island and said that Greenland would be better off "if it is under the security roof of the United States than under that of the Danes." On June 12, the Danish Parliament expanded a military agreement with Washington in an effort to mitigate American ambitions regarding the area. Denmark also plans to strengthen his military presence in Greenland, for example with fighter jets for the west coast patrol towards the USA and a naval regatte, as reported by the Greenlandic parliament.